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Loan Peña case: Trial advances with forensic evidence

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Loan Peña case: Trial advances ~~amid conflicting testimonies~~ with forensic evidence

The oral trial concerning the disappearance of five-year-old Loan Danilo Peña in Corrientes, Argentina, has ~~reached~~ entered a critical ~~stage characterized by conflicting~~ phase involving forensic evidence and extended testimonies. ~~Prosecutor Tamara Pourcel noted that a ‘pact of silence’ among the seven defendants appears to be breaking, which may provide clarity regarding the events of June 13, 2024.~~ Former police commissioner Walter ~~Maciel, accused of being a necessary participant in the disappearance, testified~~ Maciel continues to allege that the child ~~may have been~~ was the victim of a hit-and-run ~~accident. Maciel suggested~~ accident and that Carlos Pérez, María Victoria Caillava, and Laudelina Peña were responsible for concealing the body. ~~However, the prosecution has dismissed this accident theory, maintaining the primary hypothesis that~~ While the ~~boy was taken away in a vehicle and his whereabouts remain unknown. In response to these allegations,~~ defense ~~attorney Mónica Chirivín rejected~~ for Peña has declined a ~~scheduled~~ direct confrontation ~~between Laudelina Peña and~~ with Maciel, ~~arguing such~~ they plan to expand her testimony to refute his claims. Forensic evidence is now a ~~meeting would be counterproductive and delay~~ central focus. Biologist Pablo Andrés Noeda is testifying regarding a DNA sample (M10) recovered from the ~~proceedings. Instead,~~ fender of a Ford Ranger belonging to Pérez and Caillava; the ~~defense intends~~ sample contains a mixture of male DNA, though its origin is still being investigated. Additionally, forensic expert Roberto Antonio Quiroz is set to ~~request an expansion~~ testify about a small red piece of ~~Peña’s testimony~~ fabric found during searches in a rural area of 9 de Julio. Due to ~~specifically refute Maciel’s claims. Previously, Peña had apologized for prior false statements, alleging she was coerced by her former lawyer, José Fernández Codazzi. The~~ the high volume of pending testimonies, prosecutors suggest the trial ~~continues~~ could continue into 2027. Amidst the legal proceedings, the family of Loan Danilo Peña released an open letter to ~~address~~ the ~~disappearance~~ child during the feast of the ~~child, who vanished while out with his father, alongside allegations~~ Virgin of ~~investigation obstruction~~ Mercy. Describing their daily life as “frozen,” the parents and ~~evidence manipulation.~~ siblings expressed their enduring anguish and commitment to the search, stating, “We are not going to stop until the earth itself tells us where you are.”

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