In response to the report published by CORDOBA profile last Sunday on Nepotismthrough blood relationships and ties, which is regulated by the judge in the federal courts Hugo Vaca Narvaja I made that clear had nothing to do with the appointment of a cousin.
In this note, Federal Judge 3 of Córdoba was included in the list of those who have named relatives, because one of the searches carried out by this medium was for the surnames of judges, prosecutors and public defenders on the Judicial Council staff list updated until October 2025. There it seems that since 2018 Tania Vaca Narvaja He works in the courts of Cordoba. He is currently working as a clerk at Federal Court 1 (TOF1).
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The judge explained that she worked in the Ministry of Labor during Kirchnerism, then was fired, returned to Neuquén and two years later joined the Ministry of Justice. He is currently in action in TOF1. “She’s just my cousin, who I love very much, but I didn’t design it, and they didn’t design it for me either“, held.
When repeatedly asked whether he was personally involved in this appointment, Vaca Narvaja replied categorically: “I do not appoint relatives to the judiciary. They have offered it to me a hundred times. My son works in Buenos Aires, NOT IN JUSTICE (the capital letters are his). If one of my relatives enters, It will be a competition“.
Three signatures in support of Carolina Aguad
Regarding the meteoric rise of the lawyer Carolina Aguad As secretary of the Federal Oral Court 2 (TOF2), member José Fabián Asís requested clarification that the resolution that approved it was signed by Noel Costa and by him also by the deputy of this court, Carolina Prado.
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This media published on Sunday that the agreement that promoted her to a higher position and made a leap forward caused a stir because the lawyer is the wife of the national deputy Rodrigo De Loredo, who is finishing his term, and the daughter of the former defense minister Oscar Aguad, with whom the president of TOF2, Noel Costa, worked before joining the nation’s justice department.
The decision on her and the other appointments and promotions was made unanimously by the court.
The report released on Sunday reported a very high percentage of judges appointed immediate family members or in-laws, including ex-wives and current partners.
It is not necessary to make the reservation that there are those who had or have children with contracts exceeding $900,000, such as the election officials, whose deadlines have expired, while other judges have Your entire family, including your partners and ex-partners. And a federal prosecutor’s daughter has just been appointed, taking a position at age 18 that pays more than $2 million; Apparently she doesn’t have a law degree.
The problem is that the consolidated and normalized system leads to a waste of energy in domestic affairs, which at this point in history look more like fiefdoms than democratic spaces.
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