The vast majority of the media covered live the verdict that judges María Claudia Castro, Emiliano Lazzari and Christian Rabaia, of the Oral Criminal Court (TOC) No. 1 of Dolores, handed down on the perpetrators of the murder of Fernando Baez Sosawhich occurred on January 18, 2020 at the exit of the Le Brique bowling alley in Villa Gesell.
After it became known that five of the eight rugbiers received life imprisonment, while the remaining three were sentenced to 15 years in prison, the social networks (particularly Twitter, Instagram and Facebook) exploded with messages of support for the relatives. Many claimed that, finally, after three years, justice was done for Fernando Baez Sosa.
Both journalists and politicians, personalities from the entertainment world and influencers joined Silvino Báez and Graciela Sosa, parents of Fernando Baez Sosa. Some of these messages showed support and others included strong criticism of the accused rugby players. Luciana Salazar published the media coverage and wrote: “this is something exemplary!”. For her part, Cinthia Fernández wrote: “Weren’t you machito outside, Machu (the nickname of Máximo Thomsen)?”
Guido Záffora, panelist, highlighted the reaction of Thomsen’s mother: “your son is a murderer and surely you contributed in the context of violence that brought him up.” For her part, Valeria Schapira emphasized the main people affected after Fernando, the parents of the victim: “Can’t anyone else stop thinking about Fernando’s parents?”
Among the journalists who echoed the sentence, Javier Fabracci wrote in a publication from the moment in which Thomsen vanished: “imagine that someone kicked his head off while he was like this. It’s what he did to Fernando.” Likewise, Luis Majul was brief and concise in his writing: “Condemned murderers.”
recurring topics
Among the various publications on social networks, some topics about the murder of Fernando and the condemnation of rugby players were recurring. He echoed the appeal of the lawyers of the victim’s relatives to the three minor sentences, the reaction of Máximo Thomsen’s mother against the media, the sense of justice against the murderers and the support for Fernando’s parents.
For three years, society actively awaited the sentence, either from the networks, attending marches for justice or directly in the vicinity of TOC No. 1 in Dolores, where about 400 people once again accompanied the request for justice.
