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Between tears and hugs, they received this Monday in Paraguay the sentence of an Argentine court that sentenced to life imprisonment 5 of the 8 young people accused of beating Fernando Báez Sosa to death in 2020, the only son of a Paraguayan couple.
Source: EFE
Nancy Baez, the victim’s cousin, told ABC TV that they are “very satisfied” with the sentence and considered it a “very important step” for what is coming in this case.
“We know that Fernando’s death did not go unpunished”he added.
close friends and relatives They met on this day in the town of Tajy Loma, in the municipality of Carapeguá, to follow the reading of the decision on television.
“Justice was done for Fernando, may he rest in peace now,” one of the relatives of Silvino Báez and Graciela Sosa, born in Carapeguá and parents of the 18-year-old who lost his life in Villa Gesell (380 kilometers to the east), told channel C9N. south of Buenos Aires).
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Another of the attendees, who did not identify herself, considered that “a part” of justice was done.
“Now Fernando will rest in peace And Graciela and Silvino are also going to be a little more relieved with this, because what happened to them is something very big: their only son is no longer there,” he said.
“Graciela will never be able to dance with her baby again,” this woman hurt in her dialogue with C9N.
The court announced the sentence of life imprisonment for Máximo Thomsen, Matías Benicelli, Enzo Comelli, Ciro Pertossi and Luciano Pertossi, requested by prosecutors and lawyers for the victim’s family in the trial that began in January.
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Meanwhile, Blas Cinalli, Ayrton Viollaz and Lucas Pertossi were sentenced to 15 years in prison.
Fernando Burlando, the family’s lawyer, announced that he will appeal the sentence of 15 years in prison for three of the eight young people guilty of this death.
