Judge Forbids Alberto Fernández to Leave Argentina, After Complaint for Violence

Judge Forbids Alberto Fernández to Leave Argentina, After Complaint for Violence

He also ordered the president not to approach his ex-wife within a first battery of measures.

A judge forbade former Argentine president Alberto Fernández to leave the country, as well as other precautionary measures, after the former first lady, Fabiola Yañez, reported him for physical violence and harassment.

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By videoconference, Yañez, who lives in Spain, appeared this Tuesday before federal judge Julián Ercolini. The magistrate had already contacted her in June, after detecting messages that alluded to situations of violence during the investigation of another trial in which Fernández is charged.

In that first contact, Yañez assured that he did not want to file a complaint. The decision was changed and the process was finally opened.

«I will only say that it is false and that what is now imputed to me never happened», declared Fernandez by means of a communiqué.

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— Alberto Fernández (@alferdez) August 6, 2024

Communique of the Former President about the lawsuit, In Spanish

He had previously linked Ercolini to an alleged political persecution. 

“For the integrity of my children, myself and Fabiola herself, I will not make statements to the media, but I will bring before the Justice the evidence and testimonies that will leave in evidence what really happened», he has indicated through a statement