Next Thursday, February 29,
Menem Junior: the death of the president's son premieres, which will be available on
Max.
This will be
the first official Argentine production
of the streaming platform.
In
four 45-minute episodes
, the documentary will narrate the unexpected death of Carlos Saúl Facundo Menem Yoma, the son of former president Carlos Menem, which occurred after a helicopter accident.
The event caused an immense commotion among Argentines, and to this day it is one of the most remembered cases of the '90s.
"Accident or attack?"
is the question with which the first images were shared through the social networks of the streaming platform.
But it is also the enigma that remained among many Argentine citizens.
The motorist
Silvio Oltra
was traveling with him , who also died.
The new series promises to bring the viewer closer to an answer, providing archival material and testimonies from authoritative voices.
In addition,
the documentary will have recreated fictional scenes
, to give an agile rhythm to the narration of the events.
Key figures such as his mother Zulema Yoma and his sister Zulemita Menem will tell their version and details about the tragedy in first person.
In addition, the judge who handled the case, Carlos Villafuerte Ruzo, will speak exclusively.
Carlos Menem Jr., in the helicopter where he died.
Also participating in this documentary will be the former Minister of Economy
Domingo Cavallo, the journalists Facundo Pastor, Samuel Chiche Gelblung and Román Lejman, the writer Olga Wornat and the President of the Argentine Islamic Arab Association Adalberto Asaad
, among others.
The accident that created an enigma
Carlitos Menem Junior
died on March 15, 1995
, when the helicopter he was piloting collided with high tension lines and crashed to the ground in Ramallo, Province of Buenos Aires.
The specific causes of the accident are unknown to this day.
Zulema Yoma and Zulemita Menem will give their version of Carlitos' death in Max's documentary.
After the incident was investigated, the court stated that it was a mere accident.
However, it was
her mother, Zulema Fátima Yoma, who always maintained that it was an attack.
The case went a long way in the Argentine justice system and reached the Supreme Court of the Nation, which endorsed the thesis of the accident.
Not satisfied, Zulema Yoma took the case of the death of her son before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and
managed to reopen the case that had been archived.
In 2017, thanks to Zulema's appeal, the remains of "Carlitos" were exhumed to check whether, as his mother maintained, they had been manipulated to hinder the investigation.
The documentary about Carlos Menem Jr. will also feature recreated fictional scenes, to provide an agile rhythm to the story.
Although the justice system did not find any revealing facts after reopening the investigation,
former president Carlos Menem changed his position
and stated that he believed it was an attack, after more than twelve years of having stated otherwise.
The series is expected to reveal the theories that Carlitos Menem Junior's family has about his death and the alleged cover-ups during the investigation.
The testimonies most anticipated by the audience are, therefore, those of his mother and his sister, who have a lot to tell.
The series will be available starting next Thursday, February 29, on the Max streaming platform.
The official poster for "Menem Junior: The death of the president's son."