No protective measures were ordered. Fatal Isolation: In March, a perimeter ban prohibited the child's paternal family and foster mother from any contact with him, leaving him alone with his alleged abusers weeks before his death. Castillo draws a direct parallel with the Lucio Dupuy case, pointing out that officials would have failed the training and early detection duties imposed by Law 27.709 (Lucio's Law). Risk of Flight and Destruction of Evidence. The request for immediate detention is based on concrete procedural risks. The complaint presented evidence that the defendants burned the child's clothing on the day of the event to eliminate biological traces and signs of violence. In addition, there is a concrete plan to flee to El Dorado, Misiones, managed by Altamirano through a relative. Roberto Castillo filed an amendment to the criminal complaint requesting the immediate charge and detention of Maicol González (stepfather) and Mariela Beatriz Altamirano (biological mother). The accusation is extremely serious: aggravated homicide in conjunction with abandonment of a person resulting in death. The document presented to the prosecutor's office, to which the Noticias Argentinas agency had access, describes a scenario of 'producing the result through a plurality of convergent behaviors'. According to the complaint, the death of Ángel was not an accident, but the foreseeable outcome of months of physical mistreatment and institutional neglect. The preliminary autopsy was key as it revealed traumatic injuries to the cranial region, which are incompatible with a natural or accidental death and consistent with high-intensity physical violence. This is added to the testimony of neighbors who claim to have heard the child's screams and witnessed episodes where the mother, in the middle of a crisis, reproached González: 'You hit mine!'. 'Lucio's Law' and the Responsibility of Officials. One of the most forceful points of the complaint is the accusation against the Family Court Judge, Dr. Pablo José Pérez, the Family Advisor, Verónica Roldán, and the Rights Protection Service's licensed professional, Jennifer Leiva. The complaint maintains that these officials built the scenario of vulnerability that allowed the infanticide. The chronological account is chilling: Ignored Warnings: The judicial system had already rejected three times the child's restitution to his biological mother, considering her environment unsafe. Ángel's Cry: In February 2026, Judge Pérez and Advisor Roldán personally heard the child in a hearing. 'We are faced with a system that preferred procedural formalities over the life of a child who cried for help,' the complaint states. While the city of Comodoro Rivadavia remains shocked, the justice system now has in its hands the detention request to prevent impunity after the horror.
