The Federal Justice of Paso de los Libres charged nine Army officers for the death of the soldier Matias Chirino and they were ordered the exhumation and a second autopsy on the victim’s bodywho died after an initiation ritual in a battalion in that city in the province of Corrientes, judicial sources reported today.
Following a request from the lawyer representing the Chirino family, Henry Ferdinand Nov.hey from the federal prosecutor Fabian Martinezthe federal judge of Paso de los Libres, Gustavo Fresnedaenabled the judicial fair period and charged for alleged simple homicide and abuse of authority eight men and one woman who performed functions in the Artillery Group of Monte 3 de PAss of the Free.
All of them and she were mentioned in the testimonial statements collected by prosecutor Martínez for the events that led to the death of Chirino, in the early hours of June 19, after an initiation ritual that included abusive orders such as excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages. .
What does the resolution say
In the resolution to which Télam had access, Second Lieutenant Acosta is accused of “arbitrarily having instructed Chirino to arrive at the Unit on June 18, 2022 -when previously the second chief ordered him to appear two days later- with the purpose of celebrating, what the complaint and the soldiers Meza and Chaile called “welcome, baptism and/or initiation ritual”by indicating that he should invite him and his comrades to dinner”.
The main witnesses, as the prosecutor points out, are Jorge Chaile and Rufino Mezawho also suffered the practices that were denounced as the cause of Chirino’s death.
“He mistreated him by ordering him to drink alcoholic beverages and submerge himself in the pool with dirty water at a low temperature, and finally, when he lost consciousness, leave him on a mattress placed on the floor of the room, uncovered and without any means of heating”expressed the representative of the Public Prosecutor’s Office in his opinion.
In a resolution of seven pages, Judge Fresneda determined to advance the investigation to determine the responsibilities of each of the accused, as well as exhume Chirino’s bodyburied in the province of Córdoba, where the Forensic Medical Institute of the local justice must perform a second autopsy on the body.
For this measure, the family will have an expert witness, Martin Subirashindicates the opinion that Telam agreed to today.
On the other hand, in the Cordovan city of Holmberg, the soldier’s family led a march demanding justice, since a request for the arrest of the main suspects is still in force.
During the march, Chirino’s relatives spread a petition in which they demand that the Army discharge the officers involved in his death and that, from now on, military command be assigned to people who do not abuse that power.”
“Sadistic people can never be admitted in the Argentine Democratic Army”concludes the petition prepared by the relatives of the deceased soldier.
