The search for Loan: they removed the Corrientes police from the investigation

Just after 8pm, Laudelina Peña, Loan’s aunt, left her house and left in a gray car similar to the one they use to transport those who must testify at the federal prosecutor’s office from July 9 to Goya. However, that was not where she headed. She was traveling accompanied by Macarena, her daughter, and her lawyer, José Codazzi.

Her husband, Antonio Benítez, has been detained since the beginning of the investigation and is accused of being a primary participant in the collection for exploitation purposes of Loan.

From the beginning, several voices were raised asking why Laudelina was not also arrested. Since the transfer of the case to federal justice, the woman has not yet given a statement.

Cristina Pozzer Penzo, the federal judge in charge of the case of Loan’s disappearance, On Friday, the Corrientes police were removed from the investigation.

From now on, only federal forces will interveneThe Argentine Naval Prefecture will be in charge of logistics, the National Gendarmerie will carry out the necessary operations in the field, and the Argentine Federal Police will be in charge of the investigation itself.

In her request, the judge urged the head of the Goya Regional Unit to “order the cessation of investigative tasks by the personnel under his charge that could be developing around the alleged disappearance of the minor Loan Peña.”

José and Alfredo, Loan’s brothers, finished testifying before Mariano de Guzmán, federal prosecutor of Goya, and they return to 9 de Julio after more than five hours of testimony.

The young people arrived around 1 p.m. at the headquarters of the Goya Prosecutor’s Office to give statements as witnesses. Originally they were scheduled to do so at 9 but the departure from their house was delayed.

José is the only one of the 5-year-old boy’s relatives who did not travel yesterday to give his testimony because he was left in the care of his younger siblings, while Alfredo, who had traveled, had to return because he had not been able to give his statement.

Some days ago, Camiladaughter of Laudelina Peña, said that he had contributed to the file a photo that proved that Loan had gone to the orange grove on the day of his disappearance. Today, Infobae He accessed that image, which is far from providing security to that statement.

In the photo, taken by the young woman, Laudelina can be seen in the foreground (on the left of the image) and next to her, Monica del Carmen Millapiarrested and accused of primary participation in the case for recruitment for exploitation purposes of Loan.

Later, a group of children is seen, some of whom are covered by Millapi’s body, so, With the single photo taken by the missing minor’s cousin, it is impossible to prove that Loan was part of the little excursion.

The photo became known while José and Alfredo Peña, two of Loan’s brothers, were testifying as witnesses at the Goya prosecutor’s office, where they have been for more than four hours.

Alfredo Penaone of Loan’s brothers who is testifying at the Goya prosecutor’s office, He looked out of one of the building’s windows to greet a little girl with which he had been photographed last night before returning around July 9.

The little one Camila comes to her mother every day to ask for Loan to appear alive.. Always carry a sign that says “Loan Missing.”

Alfredo had appeared to testify yesterday along with three of his brothers and his parents, but they did not get to take his testimony. That is why he returned this Friday, accompanied by José, another of his brothers, who on Thursday stayed in 9 de Julio to look after the family’s minors while everyone went to Goya.

José, the father of the boy who disappeared 15 days ago, spoke briefly with the media while he was on his way to visit Catalina, his mother.

“I hope we find it”said the man, who yesterday testified as a witness before the Prosecutor’s Office in the city of Goya.

In addition, he maintained that he is calmer since the Federal justice system intervened, although he clarified that they still do not have new data. “We still don’t know anything, but hope remains intact,” said.

In that sense, he said that he distrusts everyone and confirmed that on the day of his son’s disappearance, no one told him that they were taking him to the orange grove. “No one asked me if they could take it,” she remarked. Likewise, he separated her mother as a possible suspect in the child’s disappearance.

He also spoke about his testimony. “They asked me everything,” he said.

Jose and Alfredo, brothers from Loanarrived around 1:00 p.m. at the headquarters of the Goya Prosecutor’s Office to provide statement as witnessesThey were originally scheduled to leave at 9am, but their departure from their home in 9 de Julio was delayed.

José is the only one of the relatives of the 5-year-old boy who did not travel yesterday to give his testimony because he was left in the care of his younger siblings, while Alfredo, who had traveled, had to return because he had not made it to his statement.

The Investigative Prosecutor’s Office of District No. 1 of Córdoba, Shift 3, in charge of Jose Manainvestigates whether Loan is in the provincial capital.

The investigation began after a complaint from a woman resident of the city who said that on June 26, around 5 p.m.saw a child of the same age and with physical characteristics as Loan, at the door of the neighborhood dispensary Bishop Angelelli.

According to sources from the Cordoba Public Prosecutor’s Office, multiple search and investigation measures were ordered “in order to corroborate or discard this information.” The procedures are being carried out at this time.