Laudelina Peña, Loan Peña’s auntdeclared at the Goya Police Station, in Currents, and said that the 5-year-old boy, who has been missing for more than 15 days, had suffered an accident. The woman gave a statement for six hours and directly accused to the marriage of the former Navy officer, Carlos perez and the former municipal employee, María Victoria Caillava. “A major step has been taken in resolving the Loan Case,” published the governor of the province on his social networks.
“Laudelina testified before both the Attorney General’s Office and the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office of Corrientes, and would have narrated what the events of the Loan Case were like. Everything that has been done is being sent to the Federal Justice so that it proceeds in accordance with the law,” he said in another tweet. Gustavo Valdesthe provincial leader.
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In this regard, Valdés gave an interview this Saturday and referred to the surprising testimony of Laudelina Penawho stated that the child had died from a car accident and that she had helped cover up the fact.
“Now it is transcending, There is a principle of resolution of this case that has shocked the province and the country,” said the president. Furthermore, he mentioned that the woman “he suffered threats” before appearing before the court.
Loan’s aunt’s statement: they allegedly ran over him and covered up the incident
Laudelina Peña, wife of Antonio Benítez, one of those arrested and charged as primary participants In the case, he would have confessed to the provincial prosecutor that the child “could have been run over” on Thursday, June 13, when she disappeared.
According to Peña, the incident occurred in the mountains and those responsible would be the former municipal official Maria Victoria Caillava and the captain of the Navy, Carlos perezwho were aboard a van White Ford Ranger.
Although she does not know -in her statement- if Loan was alive after the impact with the vehicle, the minor’s aunt He watched as the couple loaded him into the truck believing they were taking him to the hospital. Something that did not happen since No health facility reported his admission.
The woman would have helped cover up the fact and regarding the discovery of the baby’s shoe, she confessed that they gave it to the commissioner Walter Maciel and what was it planted in an “armed scene”, as reported by C5N.
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He Ministery of security in charge of Patricia Bullrich considers the woman’s statement solid and reorganizes the search operation.
The former municipal official is accused of the incident Maria Victoria Caillava (housed in Unit 7 of Salta), the captain of the Argentine Navy Carlos perezthe minor’s uncle Antonio Benitezthe commissioner Walter Maciel and Monica Millapi, who are housed in Complex 3 of Güemes, also in Salta.
Loan’s aunt “suffered threats,” according to Valdés
The provincial leader stated that Loan’s aunt “suffered threats”although he did not elaborate on this to respect the summary secret in the case file. Nor did she confirm whether she requested any kind of special protection to go to testify.
However, Valdés maintained in dialogue with TN that Laudelina appeared before the court because she was under a “trust scheme, where felt trustworthy to be able to tell the truth and provide grounds so that we can understand what happened.”
Without going into detail about why Peña testified, the governor stated that, being in the presence of his defense attorney, She felt “well accompanied” to tell the truth. And he added that “it is good to remember” that Laudelina is not charged but that she is at the disposal of Justice.
“We must allow the provincial forces to work to find out exactly what happened. We must return to peace and normality in a town that was in shock,” explained the governor of Corrientes.
Loan Peña case: the last photo before the disappearance was released and the Corrientes police were removed from the investigation
Regarding criticism for not respecting the cover of the case and posting the progress of the investigation on social media, he said: “This leads us to discover the truth and I tweeted because we had to know that we took a step, we did tireless work, deploying justice forces and provincial police, a gigantic job in the territory.”
He also added that he spoke with the minister Patricia Bullrich to continue coordinating actions and preparing everything to reach a resolution to this case.We are working side by side with the Ministry of Security, as we did from the beginning until we thought it could have been a federal crime.”
