Federal prosecutors want a court to freeze up to 600 million pesos in assets and pursue non-conviction-based forfeiture of property linked to the late Andrés “Pillín” Bracamonte. The request is pending, and no order has been reported.
Four federal prosecutors in Argentina have asked a court in Rosario to freeze assets worth up to 600 million pesos linked to Andrés “Pillín” Bracamonte, the slain former leader of Rosario Central’s supporters’ group. They are also seeking non-conviction-based forfeiture of some property because Bracamonte was killed and cannot stand trial. The request is before the court and is not a ruling.
Gendarmerie officers carried out six searches on September 28 in Rosario and nearby towns under judicial warrants. Prosecutors seek measures covering 19 vehicles, real estate, shares in six companies and four taxi licences, some registered to relatives and associates. Separate preventive freezes have been requested for property held by living defendants. Allegations about the origin of those assets remain under investigation.
Prosecutors argue that business relationships linked to Bracamonte continued after his death, with ownership and management formally shifted to others. The reporting cites, among other details, a Toyota Hilux registered to his partner 16 days after the killing and the continued operation of ATE Servicios Integrales after a change of address and management. Prosecutors say the transfer of company shares may have concealed who controlled the business. That claim has not been adjudicated.
The financial investigation began in 2020. A search then uncovered cash, cheques, company records and a lease, leading to a separate money-laundering case. In 2023, Bracamonte and former union official Carlos Vergara were detained in a different investigation. Prosecutors alleged that contractors in the industrial corridor were pressured to use companies linked to the group. The economic-crime prosecutors later accused both men of aggravated money laundering.
Argentina’s Supreme Court assigned the money-laundering investigation to federal jurisdiction in December 2025, treating laundering as a separate offence. Prosecutors now ask the court to apply Article 305 of the Criminal Code, which allows them to seek forfeiture of alleged criminal assets without a conviction when a defendant has died. They have also asked that heirs and the public defender be heard because one possible heir is a minor.
Bracamonte, 53, was killed in an ambush after a Rosario Central match on November 9, 2024. Nearly two years later, investigators have not identified the gunmen or those who ordered the attack. The current petition concerns the alleged source and later management of assets, not a finding of guilt for the killing.