The Ministry of Justice of La Plata arrested and prosecuted two employees of the Buenos Aires Provincial Senate last night following complaints of sexual abuse allegedly committed in the Legislative Palace. The case arose following complaints from two victims who told prosecutors that they had allegedly suffered sexual assault at work in the Parliament building.
Based on these statements, a criminal investigation was initiated, which led to the arrest of the defendant on the night of December 29th. The investigation is under the heading of “sexual abuse with carnal access” and the defendants are Nicolás Daniel Rodríguez and Daniela Silva Muñoz, who work permanently in the Palace of Parliament.
After their arrest, the two employees were prosecuted as part of the investigation led by the Guarantee Court No. 4 and the intervening prosecutor Betina Lacki. This decision was made after there was sufficient evidence of criminal responsibility to continue the case against him.
The investigation found that some of the abuses had taken place in one of the Senate’s offices, within a unit that reports directly to the body’s president.
According to the complaints, once inside the militant structure, victims were required to pay back part of their salaries for “tasks,” creating an asymmetrical balance of power and subjugation. In this sense, a central part of the file goes beyond the alleged existence of an organization called the Order of Light. According to court sources, this group used encrypted languages and encrypted communications via Gmail, a dynamic typical of criminal structures.
Although the first complaint dates back to 2014, the file has grown over time. Two new witness statements were added in 2019 and two additional cases were filed in 2025, for a total of five identified victims whose identities are being kept confidential for protection. It is alarming that, according to the complainants’ lawyer, Ignacio Fernández Camillo, some victims were still dependent on Rodríguez for labor at the time of the arrests.
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