2023-07-19 21:25:20
Gendarmerie personnel detained this Wednesday Lucas Pilquimán, when he went to visit the Mapuche reference Facundo Jones Huala, detained in Esquel. The arrest occurred as a result of a current arrest warrant issued some time ago by the federal court of Bariloche once morest Pilquimán, who following making contact with federal judge Gustavo Villanueva, and making himself available to justice, he regained his freedom.
The arrest occurred this Wednesday morning, When Pilquimán went to visit the Mapuche leader Jones Huala and personnel from Squadron 36, Esquel de Gendarmerie arrested him.
Eduardo Soares and Virgilio Sánchez, from the Association of Lawyers of the Argentine Republic, reported that After the arrest, Pilquimán was transferred to the Esquel Federal Police station.
“There I went to see him, the head of the Federal Police attended me, We contacted Judge Villanueva and an hour or so ago, he ordered his release,” Sánchez told RÍO NEGRO.
He explained that the arrest occurred because Pilquiman is linked to a 2018 case for alleged damage to the Nahuel Huapi National Park Administration, located in Bariloche, during a march demanding justice for the murder of the young Mapuche Rafael Nahuel.
He said that it is “an old case, it already has an investigation.” Sánchez said that Pilquimán was being assisted in that file by the official federal defense attorney. But now Soares and Laura Taffetani, from the Lawyers Guild, have assumed the defense. “It is a cause for damages, for a situation that occurred due to a march when Rafita Nahuel was killed,” Sánchez recalled.
The origin of the arrest warrant for Pilquiman
“What happens is that from the federal court they tried to locate him (Pilquiman) at his home and they might not contact him.is what happens with criminal cases, when you set an address and they do not find you, “he mentioned.
“And if the judge summons you, when you have an open case and they can’t locate you, you don’t show up, they issue the arrest warrant,” he said. “So, he had issued that arrest warrant and When he went to visit Jones Huala in jail, they arrested him,” he revealed.
He commented that arrest warrants are trades that are in all departments, but it was not a new or different cause. He said that following the arrest, Judge Villanueva “ordered the release of Pilquiman, who established an address, put himself in law and contacted the federal court«.
“There was a letter with the arrest warrant and how he entered a public office, where they were with that warrant; That’s why they stopped him,” he said. Years ago, Pilquimán was linked to the investigation into the death of Santiago Maldonado and was known as “Witness E.”
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