Buenos Aires provincial police raided the home of Matías Yofe, a key figure in AFA denunciations, in Pilar. Elisa Carrió appeared on site, labeling the procedure a 'mafioso operation' amid claims of political persecution and the detention of a four-month-old baby. The raid, stemming from an extortion counter-denunciation, targets devices holding sensitive data on corruption cases.
On Friday, January 2, 2026, a police operation stormed the home of Matías Yofe in Pilar, Buenos Aires, sparking intense political backlash. Yofe, the main Coalición Cívica leader in the area and central to denunciations against AFA treasurer Pablo Toviggino's mansion and ex-Transport Minister Jorge D'Onofrio's alleged money laundering, was absent in Mar del Plata. Reports describe officers entering violently, threatening Yofe's wife, and detaining their four-month-old baby without showing a search warrant.
Elisa Carrió, Coalición Cívica leader and Yofe's defense lawyer, rushed to the scene and condemned an 'unprecedented act of institutional and gender violence.' 'It's a mafioso operation,' Carrió declared from the doorway, demanding intervention from authorities. She accused prosecutor Germán Camafreitas, who ordered the raid over an extortion counter-claim by D'Onofrio's driver, of swift action to intimidate her team and seize devices containing data on AFA and Buenos Aires political corruption probes.
Yofe lives under Prefectura custody due to death threats and incidents like finding his dog gutted at his door. Speaking to Clarín, Carrió mocked the prosecutor's 'amusing' haste on a minor claim while money laundering suspects remain free. She plans complaints for breaches of international human rights and child rights treaties, with lawyer Albana Zoppolo. 'In this plot, they seek not justice, but impunity and silence,' she stated, linking the raid to corrupt provincial interests.
The backdrop is Yofe's complaint against D'Onofrio, processed in November 2025 for laundering 350 million pesos from traffic fines and vehicle inspections. Judicial sources say the raid targets threat-related data, but the defense fears a full scan of sensitive evidence.
