2023-08-01 21:00:00
The Federal Oral Court (TOF Neuquén) that will be in charge of the trial of the judge and the prosecutor accused of being part of the systematic plan of forced disappearances that operated in the Alto Valle since March 24, 1976, He defined the start of the trial: it will be on October 20. FHe stated that the audiences will be mixed, so It is possible that the defendants Pedro Duarte and Víctor Ortiz are not in the room.
The resolution was known today, as confirmed by prosecutor Miguel Palazzani. The number of testimonies has not yet been established, while following the suspension of the early hearing of Oscar and Inés Ragni, a new date was not rescheduled in case the objective of giving their testimony before the end of the year is maintained.
The hearings will be biweekly. On October 20, the accusation once morest former judge Pedro Duarte and former prosecutor Ortiz will begin. The anticipated testimonies of Noemí Labrune and Guillermo Correa gave an account of the didifficulties faced by those who denounced forced disappearances in search of judicial intervention on suspicion of torture in the clandestine center “La Escuelita” or an iInvestigation into kidnappings carried out by task forces in workplaces, victims’ homes, secondary schools or on public roads.
“The fact that the trial begins is a triumph, because when the trials began, the discussion of the role of the judiciary” in the political persecution was not on the table, said Bruno Vadalá, complainant for the APDH in the trial for crimes once morest humanity.
The lawyer indicated that the TOF resolution reflected in writing what they had advanced at the hearing the day the Ragni statement was suspended. He clarified that in the brief, the judges made it clear that he was “subject to modification” due to agenda commitments of both the members of the court and the defenses.
The planned schedule It will be on October 20, to continue on November 3 and 17. These are the hearings in which the defendants will be informed of the accusations once morest them and then the investigation will come in case Duarte or Ortiz want to make the defense.
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