The case of Loan Peña, a five-year-old boy from Corrientes who has been missing since June 2024, has captured the attention of public opinion and has generated great concern in Argentina. Recently, the Pope Francis He referred to this case during a general audience in the Vatican, where he revealed his most disturbing hypothesis: that the child could have been kidnapped to extract his organs and perform transplants.
Yes, he Pope Francis He referred to Loan Peña, who disappeared on June 13, 2024 in a rural area of Corrientes, near his grandmother’s house, where he had shared a family lunch. He was last seen near an orange grove, and nothing has been heard from him since.
The disappearance sparked a massive search operation that included searching thousands of hectares, but without conclusive results so far. Loan’s parents, María Noguera and José Peña, sent a letter to Pope Francis in November 2024, asking him to make their son’s case visible.
In the letter, they expressed their desperation and asked for the supreme pontiff’s support in finding Loan. During a general audience at the Vatican, Pope Francis mentioned the Loan Peña case as part of a reflection on the various injustices that affect children around the world.
Francisco expressed his concern about the possibility that the child may have been a victim of organ trafficking, a problem that the World Health Organization (WHO) has denounced as one of the most serious forms of human trafficking.
Pope Francis He reported that one of the most disturbing hypotheses of the case is that the child “was taken to extract his organs for transplants.” During his speech, Francisco recalled that Loan’s case touches him closely because it concerns his country of origin.
Obligation
“There is a case in my country, a boy named Loan was kidnapped and no one knows where he is,” the pope said. Francis He regretted that millions of minors around the world are forced to work, are victims of pedophile networks or forced marriages. In this context, he mentioned Loan’s case as an example of the atrocities that children in vulnerable situations can suffer.
The investigation into the disappearance of Loan Peña is progressing at a slow pace. At the beginning of December 2024, Judge Cristina Penzo ordered the prosecution of the seven defendants in the case: Antonio Benítez, Mónica del Carmen Millapi, Daniel “Fierrito” Ramírez, Carlos Pérez, Victoria Caillava and Laudelina Peña. So far, the evidence collected points to human trafficking or a possible accident with a cover-up.
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