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Loan Peña case: Trial updates and forensic developments

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Loan Peña case: ~~August 2026~~ Trial updates and forensic developments

The Federal Oral Court in Corrientes ~~kept~~ continues the trial ~~for~~ regarding the June ~~13 2024~~ 13, 2024, disappearance of ~~13‑year‑old~~ 13-year-old Loan Danilo ~~Peña active through early August.~~ Peña. During the twelfth hearing, a heated confrontation between prosecutor Carlos Schaefer and defense lawyers Rodolfo Baqué and Martín Leiro forced Judge Fermín Ceroleni to declare a recess. During this session, defendant Antonio Benítez required medical attention after suffering a high-blood-pressure episode. Testimony from Federal Police Commissioner Fabio Pirrone stated the child “was not lost,” noting that extensive searches and over 50 DNA studies yielded no evidence of trafficking. The trial is also examining allegations that municipal funds were transferred to the Fundación Dupuy for search efforts without city council notification. On 5 ~~August the hearing featured~~ August, defendant Nicolás “El Americano” ~~Soria, who reported~~ Soria filed a ~~violent~~ habeas-corpus petition following a reported assault at Federal Penitentiary Unit ~~7 in Resistencia and filed a habeas‑corpus petition for protection. Defence lawyer Martín Leiro again accused prosecutor Carlos Schaefer of a “double discourse.”~~ 7. Forensic testimony ~~was provided by~~ from odorology chief Mario Rolando Rosillo and police handler Guillermo Gustavo Romero, while witnesses Leticia Risco, neighbour Santiago Molina and employer Ángel Duarte gave further details on the early hours after the child’s disappearance. On 7 August, Rosillo testified revealed that trained ~~police~~ dogs detected Loan’s scent in ~~two vehicles –~~ a Ford Ka and a Ford Ranger – registered to accused parents María Victoria Caillava and Carlos Guido Pérez. ~~The scent was found on the rear seat~~ As of ~~the Ka and in~~ 10 August, the ~~Ranger,~~ trial continues with the analysis performed within 72 hours of the disappearance, which the expert said enhances reliability, though he could not determine how the scent entered the cars. This forensic evidence adds a new layer to the prosecution’s case against the parents and six scheduled testimony from gynecologist Cinthia Andrea Grimaldi, who treated Caillava, alongside other witnesses including Federal Police Commissioner Martín Leonardo De Cristóbal. The primary defendants include Caillava, Pérez, former commissioner Walter Maciel, aunt Laudelina Peña, Antonio Bernardino Benítez, Mónica Del Carmen Millapi, and Daniel “Fierrito” Ramírez, with ten others accused of ~~kidnapping and murder. Procedural motions~~ investigation manipulation and ~~further evidence are expected to shape the trial’s continuation through at least December.~~ title usurpation.

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