A Ultranza: Gianina García denied electronic ankle monitor, remains in jail

A Paraguayan judge has denied a request for house arrest with an electronic monitoring bracelet for Gianina García Troche, who faces charges of money laundering linked to drug trafficker Sebastián Marset. Judge Rosarito Montanía ruled that García will continue to be held in pre-trial detention at the maximum-security wing of the Women's Prison Complex in Emboscada.

García, a Uruguayan national and partner of Marset, has been in custody since her extradition from Spain in May 2025. Her defense attorneys argued that an electronic ankle monitor would mitigate flight risk and that investigative efforts were largely complete, thus removing any danger of obstructing the investigation. They presented a feasibility report for the ankle monitor, suggesting it would prevent her from tampering with evidence.

However, prosecutor Deny Yoon Pak countered that no new circumstances justified altering the current pre-trial detention. Judge Montanía noted that the feasibility of an ankle monitor is considered subsidiarily, only if the court decides to modify the precautionary measure. She stated that the necessary conditions for replacing pre-trial detention with house arrest must first be met. García's defense had previously requested a review of her measures, insisting on the ankle monitor to allow her release from prison.