Loan Danilo Peña, a 5-year-old boy from Corrientes, has been missing for more than 72 hours. Through the Sofia alert, the authorities deployed a search operation throughout the country, which until the moment has not yielded positive results. Here we tell you the news of the case that keeps everyone in suspense.
The boy disappeared last Thursday when supposedly I had gone out to look for oranges in a neighboring field. She was in a group of three older and six younger.
For the moment, Justice made the determination to arrest the adults who accompanied him for “inconsistency in their testimonies«. They were delayed at the police station in the town of 9 de Julio.
«Three adults and six children left from the place of the main house and headed to an orange plantation that is approximately a thousand meters away along paths and alleys. At a certain moment the baby disappears. When they returned, one of the participants in that search for oranges, one of the elders, declared that they were with the boy, and that he was eating a peeled orange and that he had other unpeeled ones in his possession.reported Buenaventura Duarte, provincial Security Minister.
In a conversation with C5N, the official reported that there are three adults detained for “contradictory testimonies«, and that in Goya a Gesell Chamber is being held to obtain the testimony of minors. Most of them are little brothers of the missing boy: He is the youngest of eight siblings.
“The prosecutor Juan Carlos Castillo understood that the testimonies were not consistent and ordered that they be detained,” Duarte said, adding: “The police search operation with the participation of all the police stations in the area It started around 5pm on Thursday. (the boy disappeared, according to testimonies, between 2 and 2 p.m.). Then, from Goya and Corrientes, countless reinforcements arrived to extend the search.
In the details, the provincial official said that this Saturday «There were about 600 people dedicated to searching for Loan«. “She did a hairstyle about five kilometers around where she theoretically disappeared, and the boy does not appear,” he admitted.
How the search for Loan Danilo Peña continues this Sunday
The truth is There is despair in the town of 9 de Julio, where the boy resides with his family. The neighbors They gathered in front of the police station this Sunday to demand speed from the authorities. They even claim that the little boy remains detained somewhere in the city.
It is expected that the authorities will soon issue a special report, since they would be working on a “key clue”. However, there are still details in this regard.
Due to the disappearance, the “Sofía Alert” was activated. Since then, local and provincial authorities have been searching for him day and night. There are field agents, baqueanos, heat-detecting drones, and trained dogs. But, for now, nothing.
«This Sunday we return to comb all the ranches and all the mountains. Even with the ´’baqueano themselves. And so far there is nothing. For now we do not rule out any hypothesis«reported the minister.
And he admitted: «We are surprised that we did not find it in the first 48 hours because the search was very intense. We are not going to stop the search in any way. There is unbreakable solidarity among all Corrientes“, said.
There is an item found, as confirmed: Loan’s sneakers, about five kilometers from where he disappeared. «They were found in a place where there is mud, but no lagoon. And it’s a few hours from where he supposedly disappeared. There are footprints of the little one coming out of the mud, but not much else. “We are waiting for the results of the experts to know if it provides anything new.”said.
For now, the case was classified as “whereabouts investigation.” There were raids on the houses of those detained, but the results were not positive.
With information from Clarín and C5N
