The cassation confirmed the prosecution of the young man who, c …

The Federal Chamber of Cassation signed the indictment and the 50 million peso embargo on Eric Torales, the young man who went with the coronavirus on his 15th birthday upon his return from the United States on March 14, 2020.

The highest federal criminal court in the country dismissed two defense complaint appeals of the 26-year-old defendant, who has a request from the prosecutor to be prosecuted for “culpable spread of a dangerous and contagious disease” aggravated by “resulting in disease and death”, according to judicial sources.

The Court of Cassation I rejected the complaints against the confirmation of the prosecutions by the Federal Court of Appeal of San Martín on November 9 last year and the embargo of 50 million pesos that had been imposed.

The chambermaids of Cassation Ana Maria Figueroa, Daniel Petrone and Diego Barroetaveña They also rejected another motion to nullify this process.. Torales has a request for an oral trial before the Federal Prosecutor’s Office in Morón, due to what happened in Part 15 when they were said to be successful infected 19 guests, including his deceased grandfather.

In view of the fact that it is duly verified that the accused violated the compulsory isolation to which he had to comply under the provisions of DNU 260/2020, I consider that he must also answer for the crime of violation of the measures adopted by the competent authorities to prevent the introduction or the spread of a pandemic ”, concluded the prosecutor Santiago Marquevich in the request for referral to justice.

Torales’ grandfather died on April 1, 2020 from coronavirus. The complaint was presented by the mayor of Moreno, Melina FernandezBecause the party was held in that jurisdiction and a few days later on March 19, SAME received the first five calls from guests with symptoms.

Torales visited the United States on February 25, 2020 and returned on March 13, when He was told he had to self-isolate to return from a country which, at the time, was considered a “coronavirus affected area”. The accused attended his birthday and two days later visited a clinic in the Belgrano neighborhood of Buenos Aires with symptoms, where the diagnosis of positive coronavirus was confirmed.