Argentina
Two La Cámpora leaders identified with apartments in the building where Cristina Kirchner is staying
A review of San José 1111 identified Mariano Recalde and María Soledad Calle as owners in that building. According to LA NACION, the units have different circumstances and acquisition dates.
The building at San José 1111, in the Constitución neighborhood of Buenos Aires, has once again come under political and judicial scrutiny since Cristina Kirchner is serving house arrest there in the Vialidad case. In that context, an investigation published by LA NACION, cited by iProfesional, found that two leaders linked to La Cámpora own apartments in the same building: national senator Mariano Recalde and union leader María Soledad Calle.
According to that review based on reports from the Property Registry, Recalde is listed as the owner of apartment 1° A since 2016. According to the publication, he bought it in August of that year together with his father, Héctor Recalde, for $4 million. In his declarations before the Anti-Corruption Office, the senator reported a 10% stake in that property in his latest available filing, corresponding to 2024.
According to people in his circle cited by LA NACION, Recalde does not live in the building and the unit was originally intended as an investment. Those sources said it had been offered for sale and rent at different times and that it is currently occupied, for about a year and a half, by a person known to the lawmaker, who covers the expenses. The outlet also reported that the July maintenance bill showed a debt of $474,190, after a partial payment of $350,000, and that the previous month the outstanding balance had been $824,190.
The second case is that of María Soledad Calle, who, according to the same investigation, bought apartment 1° B in August 2025, two months after the start of Cristina Kirchner’s house arrest. That unit, also according to the review, is the largest in the building, at about 252 square meters. In the July maintenance bill, the newspaper added, it appeared with a total of $514,722 for an accumulated debt, although the ordinary and extraordinary monthly expenses were around $254,000.
iProfesional noted that Calle explained before the court that she had acquired the property with the intention of setting up a foundation, although she did not provide documentation on that entity or specify its name when appearing before Judge Julián Ercolini. It also said that the transaction came under judicial investigation in a case linked to an alleged fraud against the Unión Obrera Metalúrgica. According to that information, Calle took part in 2022 in the creation of the company USEM and later signed a contract with the union to manage contributions from metalworkers, with a 0.5% commission.
The unit where Cristina Kirchner is staying is listed, according to the cited report, under the name of Los Sauces, one of the companies of Néstor, Cristina and Máximo Kirchner. That property would have been acquired in June 2015 for US$370,000. In addition, the July maintenance statement accessed by LA NACION showed a charge of $249,603 for that apartment.
The building also appears in court proceedings over the conditions of the house arrest. According to iProfesional, the Electronic Monitoring Assistance Directorate reported that the GPS on the former president’s ankle monitor does not allow authorities to determine in which part of the building a person is located, although it did record three movements to the terrace during March, lasting up to 32 minutes.
In that context, the presence of Recalde and Calle as owners at San José 1111 adds a political dimension to the building where Cristina Kirchner is serving her sentence. According to the published information, neither of the two uses their apartment as a permanent residence.
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About this note. Written by El Notero with the assistance of artificial intelligence, based on what was published by the cited outlet. El Notero did not conduct its own reporting on this event.
