A tracking dog marked "essence" of Facundo Astudillo Castro in two patrol boats

Gabriel Bermudez

07/23/2020 - 10:48

• Clarín.com
• Police

This Thursday the task of Marcos Herrero and his dog Yanel continue in search of traces of Facundo Astudillo Castro (22) , 85 days after his disappearance. The trainer joined the operation on Wednesday, at the request of the young man's mother, with a job at the Mayor Buratovich Communal Police substation and two kidnapped patrolmen.

While negative results were obtained at the police headquarters, in both vehicles the dog reported the "essence" of the young man. According to the complaint, he did it "with more precision" on mobile 23360 , with which the boy was intercepted at around 10 am on April 30. "On the other mobile, he also dialed," said attorney Leandro Aparicio, in a concise manner, regarding patrolman 22788 , assigned to Lieutenant Origone's detachment.

At the surveillance post in the latter town, a search and search was carried out to kidnap the guard book and the original record with notes on the day when Facundo was intercepted on National Route 3. In the same act, the residence was raided from agent Alberto González, who said that on that day, at around 3:00 pm, he seized the boy's backpack and took a photo of his driver's license, before allowing him to continue traveling to Bahía Blanca.

In a new part released Wednesday night, the public prosecutor 1 in charge of Santiago Ulpiano Martinez reported that he had ordered the Mayor Buratovich substation and the Villarino Rural Patrol to provide "the records corresponding to all the operating and non-operational, identifiable and non-identifiable, assigned to these units on April 30 ”.

Also, at the request of the complaint, the Federal Court 2 was asked to authorize the hijacking of a cell phone, from a user who was not specified. For his part, the prosecutor already has a report on the content of the CDs that contained information extracted from the telephone line of Facundo's ex-partner, with whom he lived until last February in the Napal neighborhood of Bahía Blanca.

It was prepared by the Bahia delegation of the Federal Police, which also provided, using UFED technology, the extraction of data from the four telephone lines seized from Villarino police officers, including González. "The magnetic supports were sent to the Division of Fugitives and Missing Persons and Homicide Investigation Staff for analysis," the prosecution reported.

Likewise, the Federal Police Division of Applied Technology requested an analysis of the latest movements or impacts visualized from the cell phone that Facundo used, in reference to text messages, data traffic, incoming and outgoing calls, among others. . In that case, the Specialized Cybercrime Tax Unit (UFECI) will act based on the data provided by the company Claro.

The last phone call from that device was made by the boy at 1:33 pm on April 30 to his mother. "You can't imagine where my mom is" and "you're never going to see me again," said Cristina Castro, who was mentioned by her son, with whom she argued because she was reluctant to return to Bahía Blanca, to meet again with your ex partner.

The girl stated on Monday that she did not see Facundo in Bahía Blanca after April 30 and that if she had arrived in this city, he would have gone to see her, because the boy was "obsessed" with her. Other testimonies received this week by PROCUVIN, regarding the presence of the young man in this city, were considered "weak and very doubtful" by the complaint.

"These contributions have been falling day by day, which only strengthened our hypothesis that Facundo was never in Bahía Blanca," said lawyer Luciano Peretto, who is also a member of the complaint. "We are convinced that Facundo's forced disappearance it is also robust from the evidentiary point of view, ”he added.

This Thursday continues the reception of testimonial statements via Zoom. In this regard, the prosecution reported that it has set dates for new rounds of contributions in relation to the events that are being investigated. Speaking to Clarín, Peretto said that it is not proven or ruled out that Facundo was taken to the Mayor Buratovich substation on April 30.

"His name is recorded at 10 in the morning, but not the infractions that were made that day, so we do not know if he was or not. It is something we are asking for clarification, ”said Peretto. At all times, the police officers who said they had seen the boy assured that the procedure for preparing the violation for quarantine violation was carried out outside Mayor Buratovich, without transfer to the branch.

Regarding the expertise practiced by the Scientific Cabinet of the Federal Police on the guard books that were seized there, the prosecution reported on a preview of that report. It establishes that sheet 128 of April 30 “had a correction fluid erasure, modifying the word“ polad ”by“ cores ”, verifying that there were no missing sheets or the presence of any adulterating maneuver that would allow the existence of alteration of its content

The UFECI was also asked by the prosecution to extract information from Facundo's Gmail email, after the expert from the Digital Evidence Collection Section of the Argentine Federal Police. On the other hand, as the company Google reported that it was able to preserve records of an email account associated with that line used by the victim, the Prosecutor's Office asked the Court to request, by letter, the North American company to voluntarily release the information.

In the extensive and detailed report, the prosecution reports investigations into the young man's whereabouts that were carried out in Viedma and El Guanaco, in Bahía Blanca, both with negative results. It also reveals that it requested Interpol to insert a Yellow Notice regarding Facundo Astudillo Castro. "The Office of the Prosecutor stressed that they combine their efforts on a daily basis and that they are indispensable for the progress made to date," the report closes.

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