Exclusive | The word of Gustavo Lleral, the judge who filed the case for the disappearance of Santiago Maldonado

November 29, 2018

Federal Judge Rawson spoke with Radio Miter at The desired news and also referred to the publication that he had been clbadified "for extortion".

The federal judge of Rawson, Gustavo Lleral, ordered this Thursday the Closing the case because of the disappearance of Santiago Maldonado and dismissed Constable Emmanuel Echazú, sole defendant of the case to be covered "Forced disappearance".

In this sense, the judge spoke exclusively with the Miter Radio The desired news: "A decision had to be made and it was determined that there was no reason to believe that a crime of enforced disappearance of a person had been committed. "

"In the resolution, each of the circumstances is badyzed and reconstructed, from the procedure of the national gendarmerie to the presence of Santiago Maldonado in the place, until the moment of the search and the discovery of the dead body " said Lleral.

He stated that "no crime has been committed" and stressed the importance of witness ELucas Pilquiman: "The witness E who played a key role in this aspect was the last person who was in Santiago, then fell into a big well several meters deep."

He added: "The last moments, as this witness says, are that they headed for a dead arm of the river surrounded by abundant vegetation.The two entered there."

Finally, in the dialogue with Nicolás and Miguel Wiñazky, he mentioned the publication indicating that the cause had been closed. "For extortion": "After signing the resolution and in accordance with the Victims Act, I called Santiago Maldonado's mother in the presence of three secretaries and did the same with Sergio. If they come to call me with that meaning, I would be the first to point it out. "