Horror in Puerto Deseado: "He asked me for a stone and I caught it," said the detained boy

Carlos Guajardo

02/25/2020 - 16:08

• Clarín.com
• Police

"He asked me for a stone and I got it." It was one of the sentences of the minor arrested for the bloody incident that occurred in Puerto Deseado before Judge Oldemar Villa. In this way, the 16-year-old tries to detach himself from the material responsibility of the murder Santino, only 4. He also told the judge that the boy's body "was left very close to the water", with the clear intention that the tide will take him.

This statement coincides with what the father of the young detainee said. Julio Maldonado had assured that his son "witnessed everything, but did not participate. He stayed there because they threatened him." Now, the judge must decide on the definitive imputation he will make after hearing it in the investigation that he made last Monday.

Both the 16-year-old boy and Omar Alvarado (33) were found responsible for the sexual assault and beating Maria and the murder of his son Santino, which occurred Thursday on a beach in the Santa Cruz town of Puerto Deseado.

Horror in Puerto Deseado. They beat and abuse a woman and kill her 4 year old son. They look for two suspects.

The two saw when Maria took a selfie with the little one in the place known as Punta Cavendish, two kilometers from the town center. Justice is still unclear if the first objective of the attackers was cell phone theft or if, directly, Alvarado wanted to abuse the woman.

Maria's phone was found Monday by the instructions the child gave to investigators. There are no details relevant to the cause. But if the last photo in life of Maria and her son.

The identikit that shows quite accurately one of the attackers, with features similar to Alvarado.

Investigators will go back to the scene. And they are also filming with drones. This sector presents a complicated geography where the sea hits rocks of different sizes. Some of more than 5 meters high. When the tide drops, there is an extensive sandy beach.

The people of Puerto Deseado massively attend the place when the weather permits. Unfortunately for Maria, who had traveled from Salta to visit her son who lives in Puerto Deseado, on Thursday there was wind and the temperature was not quite pleasant. That's why the place was deserted.

The image of the security camera that shows Omar Alvarado, buying wine in a business, after the brutal attack in Puerto Deseado.

For Justice, the fact is clarified. The two suspects are detained. As the investigation progresses, the victim left the city and will return home. Alvarado, the main defendant, was imprisoned in Caleta Olivia and refused to testify.

Back home

A long trip awaits Maria to return to Rosario de la Frontera, in Salta. Together with her husband Celso and one of her daughters, they traveled the 321 kilometers that separate Puerto Deseado from Comodoro Rivadavia, in Chubut. First, 100 kilometers on route 281. And the rest on national route number 3.

On Tuesday night he will depart by plane to Buenos Aires and on Wednesday he will fly to Salta. Then you must travel 180 kilometers to Rosario de la Frontera where you reside. On the same flights will travel the coffin that carries the body of his little son.

The residents of Puerto Deseado asked for justice for the crime of Santino and the attack on his mother, and also more security. (The Southern Opinion)

For this fact there were several mobilizations in Puerto Deseado asking Justice Oldemar Villa for justice, very questioned by the people for their action in this case and in others that, according to the testimonies collected by Clarín in the place, went unpunished.

A medical meeting is now expected for the two detainees. It is known that Alvarado suffers from schizophrenia which, according to the judge, "does not make him unimputable."

The version also circulated that the child also suffers from a mental illness. But this was denied by his father who also said: "If you made them pay." The man said "to be broken" by what his son did although he clarified that "he just witnessed the facts, did not participate in the boy's crime. But he stayed there because they threatened him. ”