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Loan Peña case: Trial resumes with forensic experts

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Loan Peña case: Trial ~~evolves~~ resumes with ~~key testimonies~~ forensic experts

The oral trial in Corrientes, Argentina, concerning the June 13, 2024, disappearance of five-year-old Loan Danilo Peña, has entered a ~~complex~~ new phase ~~involving seventeen individuals. Seven defendants face charges of abduction~~ focused on technical expert testimony and ~~concealment, while ten others are accused of obstructing~~ the ~~investigation. Key~~ reconstruction of investigative actions. Following previous testimonies ~~have shaped the proceedings. Former municipal official~~ from primary defendants including María Victoria Caillava and her son, Jorge Luciano Bertón, denied involvement, though Prosecutor Carlos Schaefer criticized Caillava for “evasive maneuvers and memory gaps” regarding odorological evidence found in their vehicles. The child’s aunt, Caillava, Laudelina Peña, ~~testified that her previous false statements were coerced by her former lawyer~~ Antonio Bernardino Benítez, and ~~accused~~ former police commissioner Walter ~~Maciel of discouraging the family from filing a missing person report.~~ Maciel, ~~one of~~ the ~~primary defendants,~~ Federal Oral Court has ~~since testified, alleging that the child was struck by a vehicle and hidden by Pérez, Caillava,~~ scheduled testimony from several forensic and ~~Laudelina Peña. Other critical developments~~ law enforcement specialists. Key witnesses include ~~witness Abundio Escobar reporting “desperate screams”~~ Marilú Vásquez, a canine investigation expert from the Salta Police, and Tamara Muniagurria, a ~~forested area on~~ criminalistics specialist from the ~~day~~ Corrientes Police. Other scheduled witnesses include dog trainer Víctor Parrón, medical examiner Ricardo Chevarlazk, and various members of the ~~disappearance,~~ Argentine Federal Police, such as Sergio Montenegro, Uriel Rossi, Fernando Lobo, and ~~Nicolás “El Americano” Soria facing scrutiny for allegedly impersonating Interpol~~ Walter Emanuel Sosa. These experts are expected to provide details regarding odorological evidence found in vehicles belonging to suspects María Victoria Caillava and ~~DEA agents~~ Carlos Guido Pérez, as well as insights into criminalistics, technology, and legal medicine. The proceedings continue to ~~hinder the investigation. Additionally, the court ordered the detention~~ involve seventeen individuals: seven defendants facing charges of ~~Agustín Ybarra for providing testimony deemed “manifestly reticent” and “elusive, inconsistent,~~ abduction and ~~evasive.” Forensic evidence, including DNA found on a Ford Ranger~~ concealment, and ~~the suspicious placement~~ ten others accused of ~~a boot in a mud pit, remains central to the case. To assist the search, a judge has ordered a study to determine~~ obstructing the ~~feasibility of draining local lagoons.~~ investigation.

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