The Judiciary announced the results of the implementation of the new system in Mendoza, Rosario and Salta, where it had already been operating since 2019. In Santa Fe alone, almost 40 cases have already been resolved under this modality.
With a report detailing progress in the implementation of the new Federal Criminal Procedure Code, The Judiciary reported the number of hearings and cases resolved in each of the jurisdictions where the law is applied. accusatory system, during the first half of the year. The Council of the Judiciary also detailed the list of works and buildings that will be affected by the provision of justice services. with an investment of $735 million which is moving forward despite the budgetary restrictions that dominate the scene, at the public level and will expand to General Roca and Comodoro Rivadavia.
In the first half of the year, the Federal Criminal Judicial Office of Salta reported 1,487 hearings requested, scheduled and held (guarantees and review), with an average time per hearing of 31.6 minutes and an average duration of 49.25 days for closed cases.
For its part, in the Rosario Federal District -one of the most voluminous due to the anti-drug trafficking agenda- 108 case files were received in the guarantee stage between May 5 and September 18 of this year alone. Of these, 39 were resolved or closed in that period and another 69 were still in process. Meanwhile, between May 6 and the last day of August there were 157 scheduled hearings, of which 140 were held, 11 were frustrated and 6 are pending, with a hearing rate of 92.7%.
Finally, a month and a half after the implementation in the jurisdiction of Cuyo-the last to be incorporated-, a total of 107 requests for hearings were registered within the framework of 95 judicial files. 100% of the scheduled hearings were carried out successfully, assures the report released today.
In Rosario, they also reported that three courtrooms were fitted out at the headquarters of the oral courts and the construction of a building for the Third Criminal Oral Court was started. In the Federal Chamber of Rosario, the facilities were adapted to create an additional courtroom. Meanwhile, work was done at the Federal Criminal Oral Court of Santa Fe and at the headquarters of the federal courts, as well as in the buildings corresponding to the jurisdictions of San Nicolás, Rafaela and Venado Tuerto. According to their figures, the budget applied was $658 million.
In turn, in Mendoza -which covers the Cuyo region- with works in San Rafael, San Juan, San Luis and Villa Mercedes, there was an investment in infrastructure works of $75 million, mostly for the adaptation of buildings to have courtrooms.
Source: Ambito
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