Justice ordered the release of L-Ghent

After detained for more than three monthsthe singer Elián Valenzuela, better known as L-Gante, will regain his freedom in the next few hours. The Guarantee judge granted the request of the defense and the musician he will leave the DDI of Quilmes.

The benefit was granted tonight by the Guarantee Judge Gabriel Castro and it is expected that in the next few hours the singer will come out free. At the entrance to the DDI His family, friends and fans await him.

Judicial spokespersons informed Télam that Judge Castro resolved the measure beforee a request for change of legal classification and release presented by Diego Storto, defense attorney. The judge took into account the contradictions of a witness and new testimony in the case, which represent “a completely different version from the one assessed at the time of preventive detention and supported by the Public Prosecutor’s Office”, as can be seen from the 21-page resolution, to which Télam had access.

“Based on this reassessment of the merit of the evidence made by the undersigned, I understand that It is appropriate to order the cessation of the detention of the accused here, Valenzuela, ordering his immediate release in this process.in order to guarantee the principles of “in dubio pro reo” and the general rule that the accused goes through the process in freedom during its substantiation, and until there is a conviction against him; especially, when the doubts raised return, In my opinion, the current preventive confinement becomes unfair and unreasonable,” Castro argued.

Judicial sources reported that This measure will be appealed by prosecutor Raúl Villalbaof the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) 9 of the Judicial Department of Moreno-General Rodríguez, because he considers that the judge should have heard him to issue a ruling regarding whether or not to grant the cessation of preventive detention.

The artist was detained since last June 6 for a fact of violence against two neighbors in General Rodríguez outside a bowling alley on May 27. Furthermore, they accused him for possession of narcotics and concealmentor aggravated.

On August 31, Moreno-General Rodríguez’s prosecutor, Raúl Villalba, presented the request for an oral trial for L-Ghent before Judge Castro.

In a 61-page document, the lawyer detailed: “Facing the high penalty in expectation that involve the criminal conduct that Valenzuela is accused of, undoubtedly if the sentence is imposed, it will be effectively enforced.” That is why he requested: “All of this then leads to the need for it to be carried out within the framework of the oral trial. out, where the evidence is actually produced, and all the parties involved in the process can effectively exercise their rights with respect to the accumulation of investigative acts that make up the investigation stage,” he indicated.

For the prosecutor, L-Gante should be tried for four facts: simple threats in real contest with unlawful deprivation of liberty in ideal competition with coercive threats to the detriment of Darío Gastón Torres, the illegitimate deprivation of simple freedom in ideal competition with simple threats from Rosa Catalina, the simple possession of narcotics and aggravated concealment for profit for having in his possession an iPhone 12 Pro reported stolen. Furthermore, he considered that for these crimes, the singer should receive a sentence of 8 years in prison.

On the contrary, the defense pointed out that the file “is poorly classified.” and maintained that the event “could be defined as a drunken fight.” “For ninety days a person has been imprisoned without a weapon, without marijuana, cocaine, or the sale of anything. He is imprisoned because he was defenseless and because of who he is. Nothing more than that”, the penalist remarked.