Skirt. They arrested the husband of the missing woman

CORDOVA. This afternoon Javier Carlos Galván, partner of Ivana Modica, the woman missing since last Friday in La Falda, in the Punilla Valley, has been arrested. The order was given by the prosecutor of Villa Carlos Paz, Jorgelina Gómez, on the basis of possible contradictions in the statements of the man, who had denounced the disappearance. For now, he is accused of “Qualified false testimony and obstruction of the investigation”. During this time, the search operation continues.

The sources of the investigation assured that the statements of the couple from Modica “presented contradictions”; The man, 44, an air force pilot, had a complaint of gender-based violence against him.

Staff of the Department of High Risk Units (DUAR) of the Provincial Police, firefighters of the towns of Villa Giardino, La Falda and Valle Hermoso and civil protection personnel with the support of the police helicopter, drones and dogs.

Modica was last seen on Friday morning when, Galván said, she fell asleep after leaving for work. At the time of the disappearance, he was presumably wearing special black hiking boots and an orange backpack with black suspenders. He said he would go for a hike up La Banderita hill.

Galván was called to testify again after A security camera in La Falda showed the image of a car similar to his, making several trips until 1 Friday, being that he had stated in the case that at that time he was in in another place.. As a result of these records, the search was also redirected to the western sector of the city.

Thursday evening, Modica contacted her daughter by phone. Her partner lodged a complaint on Friday afternoon and claimed that she had gone for a walk, so the first searches were carried out in this area, both by sky and by land.

Nicole, Modica’s daughter, organized a march yesterday afternoon to ask anyone with information to come forward. He doesn’t think it’s possible his mother got lost after a walk.

“He was in excellent physical condition, had survival skills and had been involved in rock climbing. He would never have been in a place he did not know. If something had happened to her I think I had all the resources to give signals, ”he said.

Regarding her mother’s relationship with her partner, she said that “it was quite a confrontational relationship” and that her mother I had filed a complaint against him last year.

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