The judges urged Venezuela to report “immediately the whereabouts of Mr. Nahuel Agustín Gallo” and also “the reasons for his detention and at the disposal of which competent judicial authority he is in.”
The Federal Chamber of Mendoza gave rise to a habeas corpus presented by National Gendarmerie and urged Venezuela to immediately report the whereabouts Nahuel Agustín Gallothe member of that force kidnapped by the Maduro regime when he was trying to enter that country.
The judges of the Manuel Pizarro CourtGustavo Castineira de Dios and Juan Pérez Curci, also ordered the Mendoza District Prosecutor’s Office to investigate whether “the possible commission of the crime of forced disappearance of people at harm”, by Gallo.
At the same time, it was resolved to “keep in mind and ratify the presentations made before the international organizations that were carried out by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of the Argentine Republic.” judges They urged Venezuela to report “on immediate mode the whereabouts of Mr. Nahuel Agustín Gallo“and also “the reasons for his arrest and at what disposal judicial authority competent is found”.
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On the other hand, the Court revoked a first instance ruling that had not upheld the habeas corpus and ordered that a copy of the resolution be sent to Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairsso that the Venezuelan regime can be notified through the relevant diplomatic channels.
What were the main points of the order
In that sense, they claimed that the judicial authorities of Venezuela present “physically or telematically Mr. Agustín Gallo before the authority he designates through the diplomatic channel the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of the Argentine Republic in order to be advised by the same (art. 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations), also facilitating the contact with your family“.
The judges explained that we are facing a situation “in which deprived of liberty to an Argentine citizen, not knowing for the moment the reasons for it and which was the competent authority that issued it. tidythereby clearly contravening the provisions of 1st art. 3in. 1 of Law 23,098, a situation that enables the application of this exception institute“.
Faced with this panorama, the Judiciary must give an urgent response regarding the confusing and uncertain situation, which generates concern about the situation in which the kidnapped Argentine gendarme and their families. “We will understand that it is appropriate to make room for the habeas corpus action presented by the representatives of the National Gendarmerie and provide the conductive means in order to find the whereabouts and know what the situation is procedural in which it is located,” the judges concluded.
Source: Ambito
