Mariela Beatriz Altamirano, the biological mother of 4-year-old Ángel Nicolás López, who was murdered in Comodoro Rivadavia, was arrested this Sunday night. From her social networks, she stated that “justice began” because they arrested the “killers of Ángel.” During the afternoon, the lawyer had filed an extension to the criminal complaint, requesting the immediate imputation and arrest of González and Altamirano for aggravated homicide in conjunction with abandonment of a person followed by death. The document presented to the prosecution describes a scenario of “producing the result through a plurality of convergent behaviors.” Hours earlier, the immediate detention of both her and her partner Michel González had been requested, as they are accused of “aggravated homicide.” The Ministry of Security of the province of Chubut, led by Dr. Héctor Iturrioz, informed the Argentine News Agency that on Tuesday both detainees would be questioned. Likewise, the General Prosecutor Facundo Oribones, along with Prosecution official Diana Guzmán, announced that they would request the penal judge of the shift to detain Altamirano and González, in connection with the investigation into the death of Ángel, “based on the elements gathered to date.” “The arrests occurred after receiving the preliminary autopsy today and after an arduous job by the prosecution over these days. 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 in revealing traumatic injuries in 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.”
Buenos Aires, April 12 (NA) - The Ministry of Public Security of the province of Chubut confirmed that until said hearing is held, there is no intervention from the Public Ministry. Sources in the case indicated that they were placed in separate cells and that in the coming hours, the hearing for the reading of charges will be held, and they will have the opportunity to make a statement in the interrogation. For his part, lawyer Roberto Castillo, who represents the child's father, Luis Armando López, is with his partner, the vedette and host Cynthia Fernández, in Comodoro Rivadavia accompanying the family. Thus, the request for detention was authorized by the penal judge of the shift and in the coming hours the corresponding detention control hearing will be set.
