Last November 27th they ordered his release by Gabriel Sebastián Gianoglio and Dahyana Magdalena Martínez, who are accused of defrauding people through the travel agency En Ruta Viajes SAS. However, the records of the Restoration of Freedom show this There is no restriction preventing them from continuing to operate in the tourism sector or even from reviving the same company that used them to commit the crimes..
The couple, who faced fourteen repeat counts of fraud involving over $120 million and $23,000 in damages, were released on bail of three million pesos each. The conditions include providing an address, appearing before the public prosecutor’s office every month, not hindering the investigation and not leaving the country without court approval. But None of these restrictions mention your business activities.
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“We feel mocked“, stated one of the complainants to PERFIL CÓRDOBA, who warned that the Instagram account of En Ruta Viajes was recently reactivated. Although this action does not constitute a formal violation of the conditions of freedom, it raises fears that the defendants could attract new unsuspecting customers.
A million-dollar fraud with victims across the province
According to the investigation by the public prosecutor’s office, led by Valeria Rissi, Gianoglio and Martínez “devised a maneuver to obtain undue financial gain” for at least three years, from 2022 to August 2025. The strategy was to offer tourism packages “in the knowledge that these would not be provided or would not be provided in the manner advertised.”
The victims include entire families who paid for trips to destinations such as Punta Cana, Disney, Brazil and Colombia. The most serious case involves BEVO, which paid more than $17,000 for a family trip to Punta Cana. Although the family managed to travel, the accommodation agreed upon during a stopover in Chile never existed, forcing them to pay for additional accommodation themselves at a cost of approximately US$13,000.
“Tomorrow during administrative hours, we will resume ground flights at the destination,” said an email the agency sent to the VO family mid-flight, informing them that their accommodation had been canceled.
Another dramatic case is that of BS and other Senegalese citizens who paid more than $71 million for never-issued air tickets from Dakar to Nicaragua. S., who acted as an intermediary for friends living in Senegal, also had to contend with family consequences: “Contact with his family was interrupted” and he was reported in his country of origin by his relatives, who did not know the extent of the fraud.
Out-of-court agreements that mitigated the measure
The judgment justifies the release on the basis that “an agreement has been reached with the majority of the victims of these events, which will inevitably have an impact on the sentence imposed on them”. Actually, in Economic policy comparisons occurred in eight of the ten events examined.
However, these settlements were only possible after victims filed criminal complaints, consumer protection claims and civil lawsuits. The court document describes how the payments were part of a “modus operandi designed by defendants Gianoglio and Martínez as a last resort for the aggrieved customers who had not given up their claim in the face of willful non-compliance.”
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The resolution also assumes that “it cannot be ruled out” that any possible sentence is conditional Both defendants have no criminal record. and that the extent of the crime of fraud begins at one month in prison.
Judicial sources interviewed confirmed that the investigation work will not stop despite the defendant’s release. They stated that the investigation was exhaustive There is a lot of evidence and that they continue to collect information.
A legal vacuum that worries victims
Experts interviewed point out that the absence of specific commercial restrictions is due to the fact that precautionary measures must be “proportionate” and limited to ensuring the appearance of the accused and the progress of the investigation. However, this is at odds with the nature of the crime being investigated.
“Bail is not compensation for the offense charged, but rather a protection or security as to the conduct of the arrested person in the light of his duties as such,” the release document said, citing Supreme Court jurisprudence.
The file shows that the couple worked alternately with two companies: En Ruta Viajes SAS (founded in 2020) and ERV Travel SAS (founded in 2023), which included Martínez’s half-sisters Sofía Belén Lubary and Rebeca Lubary as administrators, whose intervention is still under investigation.
The investigation continues with the analysis of mobile devices, computers and documentation seized during various raids. Meanwhile, dozens of victims note with concern that there is nothing legally preventing Gianoglio and Martínez from returning to the same business that allowed them to defraud more than a dozen Córdoba families.
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