During the sixth hearing of the trial for the crime of Fernando Báez Sosa on Tuesday, declared Bernardo Sitges, the coach of the rugby club where the defendants played. The also founder of Club Náutico Zárate said that the young man’s murder “was totally an accident” and that the rugby players “were not murderers.”
These phrases immediately caused controversy on social networks and the club, through a statement, distanced itself from the statements. “The club, as a good institution, makes it known that nothing that some people mention, be it in the media or social networks, is related to or endorsed by the CNAZ,” said Marcelo Urra, lawyer and representative of the Zárate club.
“The board of directors of the Arsenal Zárate Yacht Club, for the only time and by this means, we inform the entire society and the media that as an institution we are totally oblivious to the events that occurred in the city of Villa Gesell,” they said. from the club.
In turn, the president of the club clarified that “it is not true that the ten accused were members and practiced a sport in the club, only three of those mentioned were members,” he continued, referring to Blas Cinalli and Ciro and Lucas Pertossi. . He also mentioned that Máximo Thomsen was already serving in CASI. None of them are currently part of the club.
“Our institution rejects, repudiates, emphatically and definitively condemns all acts of violence,” he added in another section of the reading.
At the end of the statement, he left a message for Fernando’s family. “We send our condolences and sincere and respectful greetings to both Fernando’s family and all the other families and people who are going through one of the most difficult moments of their lives,” concluded Urra.
