Mariano Peña, brother of Loan Danilo Peña, spoke about the departure of Fernando Burlando from the case for the disappearance of the minor almost three months ago: “We have decided to unify the complaint to make further progress.. We still need to continue talking with the family about what we have,” he said.
In recent days Burlando, who represented part of the child’s family since June 23, was removed from the case after Maria Noguera’s decisionmother of the minor. In this context, the Justice set a date for Antonio Benítez’s new statementLoan’s uncle-in-law and one of the first arrested in the case.
Loan’s brother’s explanation for Burlando’s departure
Mariano spoke today 82 days after the disappearance of the minor in Corrientes. In a context of commotion due to the departure of the media lawyer, Loan’s brother assured that “we have to lower the decibels” before the decision.
“As a family we have made a very strong decision to unify the complaint because we were pulling in all directions. “Maybe the decision was too late, but my mom and dad also saw that there were no answers,” Mariano explained in relation to Burlando’s removal.
Regarding the unification of representation in Roberto Mendéz, who will continue with the case, Mariano stated: “The lawyer who comes has to work. My mother is dead today and he wants to get her back.“.
“We have to meet and see how things are going day by day. Méndez is our representative and he has to face the challenge. We will make the decisions we need to make in order to clarify the case. and see what’s happening,” he added.
Finally, the eldest brother declared that the family “is not giving up” and that they will do “justice” for Loan.We won’t let this die out; we want to go all out“.
How the case of Loan’s disappearance continues
Antonio Benítez, the minor’s uncle and one of the first detainees in the case, will be questioned by videoconference by Judge Cristina Pozzer Penzo this Wednesday at 9am. Benítez requested to testify again and the authorities hope that he can break the pact of silence that exists between the detainees.
The detainee had already testified before the judge previously. During his first questioning, Benítez said that he went to the orange grove and then arrived Daniel “Fierrito” Ramirez and Monica Millapi with the children, including Loan.
“I don’t know what happened, where he is, or who took him. The way we looked for him, I think they took him.“he said when asked about the child’s whereabouts.
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Courtesy of C5N.
On C5N, they also revealed that, in his statement, Antonio Benítez said that at the time of his arrest, personnel from the Corrientes police asked him to blame Macarena Peña or Mónica Millapi.They handcuffed me, beat me and told me to blame someone. Monica or Macarena.“, he assured.
In addition to Benítez, the plaintiff’s lawyer Roberto Mendez He said that Pozzer Penzo could call witnesses to testify Ramon Valenzuelaknown as “Menotti”, to his girlfriend Santa Gomez and to the chief commissioner Roque Nicolas Baezformer head of the Goya Regional Unit, to also testify in the case of the disappearance of the minor.
The couple, who live very close to Catalina’s house – Loan’s grandmother – said they saw a man and a woman along with a child of about 4 or 5 years old get into a vehicle on Provincial Route 12. One of the hypotheses that Justice is working on is that this child could be Loan and that would indicate a kidnapping by these unknown persons.
Source: Ambito
