Catalina Peña recounted details of the meal she shared with her grandson and spoke of the detainees: “They did not have the responsibility of taking care of him.”
June 25, 2024, 3:07 p.m.
The memory of Loan’s grandmother at the last lunch table before her disappearance. (Photo: capture TN)
Loan’s grandmotherCatalina Peña, spoke exclusively with TN and shared his anxieties and suspicions about his grandson’s disappearance. Sitting at the same table where the 5-year-old boy ate for the last time before he disappeared, she recounted what that was like. lunch which also included five of the people who are detained today.
According to Peña, José and his son Loan arrived without warning that morning: “He came as a surprise, I wasn’t expecting him for the meal, but he never tells me because he doesn’t have a cell phone. He always told me that Loan asked him to see me, so he brought him that day. “They came on horseback.”
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He explained that his cousin, Victoria Caillava, was present on the day of the disappearance. “She is my cousin, grandparents are brothers. Both my grandmother and hers. She wanted to eat free-range chicken and that’s why I invited her. She came with her husband because her children are grown. It was the first time I saw Carlos”.
Peña mentioned that Victoria brought provisions: “I called Victoria and asked her to bring the bread and soda. There she brought the wine, the soda and the bread. They came in her truck. She works with production. When she went up to leave, I asked her what was happening.”
Catalina, Loan’s grandmother. (Photo: capture TN)
The grandmother contacted Victoria to confirm if she had seen the child on the way back: “I called Victoria to see if she had seen him on the way and she said no.”
Regarding the presence of other guests, Peña commented: “My daughter invited Ramírez and Millapi, they came with their nephews. They say they didn’t fight with him and said he ran forward. Ramírez came the previous Sunday because he wanted to eat wood-fired locro.” He added with resignation: “I don’t expect anything from Ramírez, the creature that was lost, was lost.”
When asked about her relationship with her daughter, Catalina stated: “My daughter told me that I’m bringing her down, I’m telling the truth. “I didn’t know that the child was lost, I asked him why he was running and he told me that a child was lost in the mountains and that they were leaving because the husband wanted to go see River.”
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Despite the tragedy, Peña does not suspect his guests: “I don’t suspect anyone at the tableThey are all people I trust. “María Victoria and her husband stayed at the table with José and me.” However, she does hold Benítez and the detained couple responsible for not taking care of him: “They had no responsibility to care for the child.”
“Laudelina accompanies me every day. She told me that I am dragging her down and that she can’t leave the house because they have locked her in and because her husband is in prison. My other three daughters are in Buenos Aires,” she assured.
Peña concluded with a painful reflection on Loan’s uncle, one of the first detainees: “At one point I distrusted my son-in-law. He’s already been in prison and everything. But now I don’t know what to think.” He also said that he feels uncertainty about the fate of his grandson: “I don’t know what happened to Loan, many things are said. “We think he could have been the ‘Pombero’ too.”.
