2023-08-30 11:08:57
This Wednesday at the Federal Courts Building begins the sixth hearing of the trial for the murder of Rafael Nahuel, for which five prefects of the elite group Albatros They are charged with murder.
In the trial, presided over by federal judge Alejandro Silva, the round of witnesses from the federal forces that were on scene the day of the murder, on November 25, 2017, continuesand those that carried out the eviction of the Mapuche community, two days before.
Today will be the turn of head of the Airport Security Police, the third force that appeared on the scene the day of the crime. That is why he declares and will be interrogated Hannibal Onetto, head of the PSA; the first to speak promptly regarding what happened following the confirmation of Nahuel’s death.
The PSA is the force that exerted the kidnapping of weapons and equipment of the accused prefects following the death of Nahuel. The chief is the one who led this procedure, which is why today he will be widely consulted by the parties.
Then, the testimonies of Marcelo Sertic from the Argentine Federal Police, Gonzalo Ariel Rosales and Ricardo Ramírez, also from the PFA.
The three central knots of judgment
As far as the oral and public debate – through which more than 100 witnesses will pass – are investigated so far three central points.
On the one hand, the behavior of the officers of the Prefecture and the Prefecture institution -in the framework of a judicial order- and if this action by which the young Nahue was a victiml, did he conform to the protocols of the force or not.
On the other hand, it is tried to determine from the accounts of the witnesses, whether or not there really was a confrontation between the albatrosses and the members of the Mapuche community who resisted eviction; and what characteristics was it, if he was armed and with what weapons; and who had weapons.
In addition, specify the armament of the albatross and its functionalities, the reason for them and the differences between the lethal weapons they were carrying on November 25, when they began the patrol up the mountain.
five defendants
The defendants are five non-commissioned officers of the Argentine Naval Prefecture for aggravated homicide on November 25, 2017, who are present via Zoom from their places of origin. Sergio Guillermo Cavia, Juan Obregón, Sergio García, Carlos Sosa and Francisco Javier Pintos, they belong to the elite group, Albatross.
The complaining party is made up of lawyers from the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights (APDH) and the National Human Rights Secretariat; and the private defense attorneys are headed by attorneys Rochetti, Smith, and Bucetti.
The oral and public debate for the crime for which he lost his life andhe young 22-year-old Mapuche is still in Roca, 500 kilometers from the place where he happened. It is the third consecutive week of hearings with mobilizations demanding justice for
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