This Friday marks eight days since the disappearance of Loan Peña, the boy from Corrientes who is intensely searched. Three people were charged for the incident under the heading of “abandonment of a person”, but the most complicated is the child’s uncle, Antonio Benítez. This Friday two of them will break the silence.
Leandro Monti, lawyer for two of the three detainees, reported that This Friday at 10, Mónica del Carmen Millapi, one of the detainees, will testify. There was also talk of the probability that the statement of her husband, Daniel Ramírez, will be incorporated. In another line it was confirmed that Benítez’s lawyer resigned from defending the accused and, in the next few hours, the results of the examination of his motorcycle, which was found during a search, as well as his cell phone, will be known.
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According to the suspect, he went to the town of 9 de Julio to fill up with gas and look for a flashlight to return to the search and collaborate in the search for his nephew. However, Other witnesses indicated that they saw him leave the motorcycle at the house where it was found.. “There are indications from witnesses that place him on one side or the other and in different circumstances”said Fabián Lucero, one of the complainants, “That is striking, but it is based on eyewitnesses that place only him”.
Another element under the magnifying glass It is Loan’s uncle’s t-shirt since, according to several testimonies, he was wearing one and changed it when he returned to the family home after losing Loan: later, he rejoined to collaborate with the search.
How the search for Loan Peña continues
During Thursday, the search operations continued They covered more than 12,000 hectares and focused on the review of water bodies, lagoons and abandoned wells.. In addition, this Friday the raking of the mountain area will continue.. The operations are supervised by the provincial Minister of Security, Buenaventura Duarte, who ordered the mobilization of more than 600 police officers specialized in traces and searching for people.
