The Minister of Security of Chaco, Hugo Matkovich, described the life sentence handed down by the popular jury against Merenciano Sena, Marcela Acuña, and César Sena for the femicide of Cecilia Strzyzowski as "a historical break for Chaco." He noted that the decision "restores part of the lost trust" in the provincial judiciary. "The province is leaving behind a dark stage. The task now is to consolidate this new institutional framework and guarantee that a scheme of impunity like the one that allowed this crime to occur never happens again," he concluded. "Breaking that was a necessary condition for Justice to be done," affirmed the minister. He also stated that the sentence marks "the closure of a political cycle" and pointed out that the ruling reveals the level of territorial penetration and resources accumulated by the organization led by the Sena family. Matkovich asserted that the verdict "puts an end to 16 years of impunity and corruption" and emphasized that a ruling of this magnitude "would have been impossible with Jorge Capitanich in power." In an interview with Radio Rivadavia, accessed by the Argentine News Agency, Matkovich highlighted that the sentence not only brings justice to the family of the young woman who disappeared in 2023 but also "the end of a system based on intimidation, clientelism, and political protection" that —he claimed— allowed the Sena clan to consolidate itself as an actor with economic power, territorial reach, and close ties to the state structure. "The jury spoke. Cecilia finally spoke," expressed the minister, who also highlighted the work of the Police and the Public Ministry in a case he described as "the most sensitive and impactful of the last decades for the province." Many Chaco residents celebrated the verdict. Matkovich insisted that the scope of the sentence was only possible due to the change in political leadership in the province: "This could not have been tried under the previous administration." In this regard, he cited political scientist Sergio Berensztein, who pointed out days ago that the case evidenced "the profound institutional degradation and the coexistence between political power, pseudo-social movements, and parallel structures that handled million-dollar funds without controls." A message forward Matkovich assured that the verdict sends "an unequivocal message that in Chaco there will be no more room for structures that operate outside the law under state protection." Buenos Aires, November 16 (NA) - The Minister of Security of Chaco, Hugo Matkovich, described the life sentence dictated by the popular jury against Merenciano Sena, Marcela Acuña, and César Sena for the femicide of Cecilia Strzyzowski as "a historical break for Chaco." The Sena clan was embedded in the state structures because that's how the system worked. Justice has spoken.
