In the midst of a strong search operation, in which national and provincial forces participate, in the last hours They found new traces of Loan Danilo Peñathe 5-year-old boy who disappeared on Thursday in Currents when he entered an orange field with a group of family members. “I hope he’s alive”said the provincial Minister of Security after the discovery, while confirming that The situation of the three detained adults is complicated.
Minister Buenaventura Duarte confirmed that on Sunday afternoon new evidence was found, among which there are more footsteps and a vomit. As detailed by those in charge of the search operation in a press conference held this Monday morning, so far About 10 footprints were detected, about two or three kilometers from the route. Now the operation will add support by air, with a helicopter and two planes in search.
“We are organizing a raking in Estancia La Lagunawith 600 people in two shifts of 300 people each,” the official explained and confirmed that “the prosecutor charged the three detainees for the crime of abandonment and will request preventive detention“This is an uncle and two friends who went with Loan and other boys to eat oranges in a private field, near his grandmother’s house, on the day of his disappearance.
The detainees are a housewife, an employee who was on leave and a jobber, said the police officers in charge of the operation. The latter He has a criminal record for rustling.
Regarding the testimonies in the Gesell Chamber of the boys who accompanied Loan, Duarte said that the children saw that Loan had two oranges in his hands and that he told them that he wanted to go with his father. Then They saw him go in the opposite direction to his grandmother’s house. -which he was going to for the first time-, which led to the search being redirected until he found one of the boy’s sneakers. The new footprints found show that she would have continued walking towards the north without deviating.
When asked if they are looking for Loan alive, Duarte responded: “I hope he is alive. Due to the characteristics of his person, which doctors have analyzed, he could be alive. Pray that he is alive“.
The version of the wife of one of the detainees: “Someone grabbed him”
Laudelina, the wife of Loan’s uncle who is detained, spoke with TN and stated that both she and her husband went out to look for the boy as soon as they learned of his disappearance. And she maintained that, in her vision, there could be a third person involved.
“What we think is that There was someone on the mountain and he grabbed him and covered his mouth. Because at the time we called him and looked for him, but we didn’t find him,” he said.
He said that in the area it is common for there to be people walking, because “they go out to hunt bugs”, to walk around or to look for firewood. Regarding the presence of dangerous animalsthe woman said she has no knowledge, even though she lived her entire life in the place.
Loan’s disappearance
Loan was visiting his grandmother’s house after about 8 kilometers of horseback riding. At nap time, his father was resting when an uncle, a friend of his uncle’s and the friend’s partner took him to pick oranges in the mountains. He was accompanied by three other children, his cousins.
According to testimonies, in the middle of picking fruit Loan said that he wanted to return to his father. And she disappeared. Seconds later, always according to the story of her companions, they tried to search for him for two hours. But they found no trace of the child.
Due to the disappearance of Loan Danilo Peña, the Ministry of National Security issued a Sofia alert. The boy is 5 years old, is 0.90 meters tall and weighs 26 kilos. He has a dark complexion, black hair and dark eyes. He also has a particular sign: a scar on his head, right where he has a whirlpool.
If you have information about his whereabouts, you should call 134.
