"Federal judge Luis Rodríguez charged journalist Daniel Santoro for an alleged attempt to extort businessman Daniel Traficante. The magistrate's decision included an embargo of 850,000 pesos (about US $9,100) without preventive detention, according to the ruling.
Rodríguez considered that Santoro was a 'necessary participant' in the maneuver in which -according to the complaint- Traficante was asked to pay 600 thousand dollars to avoid being involved in the legal case for smuggling of goods known as the 'container mafia.'
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Daniel Santoro took to social networks to refer to the magistrate's measure. 'Judge Luis Rodríguez processed me without a single piece of proof that I participated or knew of an extortion attempt,' he said on his Twitter account, adding: 'The absurdity is that a query I made to Traficante before publishing the article, is proof of extortion! Should I not have called you a day before publishing?'"
