“THEY KILLED HIM”: the painful cry of Ángel's father, the 4-year-old boy who died of a strike in his mother's house

“Ángel was killed.” With that phrase, full of pain and anger, the father of the 4-year-old boy who died in Comodoro Rivadavia summarized his demand for justice in the midst of the wake of his son, who died Monday night while under the care of his mother. In a context of deep shock, the man was heartbroken and harshly questioned what happened: “My son was not a sick boy, he was in good health, he was healthy, what are they going to tell me?” , he said, pointing directly at the child's mother

The Chubut Justice is investigating the circumstances of the death, which occurred after a cardiorespiratory arrest whose cause has not yet been determined. The child was under the custody of his mother at the time of the incident, as part of a judicially ordered reconnection process, a decision that today is severely questioned by the parental environment. The scene at the funeral was heartbreaking. Family and close friends surrounded the father, Luis, trying to contain him. Around 14:40, with the arrival of the heave, he himself led the transfer of the drawer with the remains of

“We did everything. They never listened to Ángel. That's why he's now without the baby,” she said, pointing directly to the authorities. The father, for his part, reported that he had presented evidence of the alleged abuse:
“Let them come and tell me in front of me how they told me when I showed them the video of the boy crying saying that he wanted to come with me. 'That doesn't matter to me', he told me, and threw me like a CV in the garbage. They disrespected me, they abused power against me and they never gave me a damn.”

In the midst of the pain, the father also reported unequal treatment by the authorities:
“My son always asked for me and they never did anything. Everyone treated me as sexist, and if it had been the other way around, I was already in prison.” The phrase points directly to the gender criterion applied in the case, which would have influenced the decision to grant custody to the mother. In addition, he questioned an action taken by the woman after the death of the child:
“When they confirmed the death to my son, she was already submitting a paper so that she would not be arrested. But what more proof do they want. My son was healthy.”

For her part, Lorena Andrade once again pointed at the child's mother, focusing on attitudes she considers suspicious: “When we were asking for the body in the Public Prosecutor's Office, she came in and my nephew heard her say they should give her the body, which had no blows. Why did he go so far as to say that he had no blows? And there he disappeared. He didn't even go to the wake. Don't you think it's weird?”

The case began after the death of Ángel in the regional hospital of Comodoro Rivadavia, after suffering a serious respiratory episode. The Public Prosecutor's Office reported that “the first investigative measures” were taken and that an autopsy was requested to determine the exact cause of death. It was also indicated that “the complainant parent is being assisted by the Crime Victim Assistance Service

According to the reconstruction, the episode occurred on Sunday around 7:00am, when the mother requested help when she noticed that the child was having difficulty breathing. Medical and police personnel found him without vital signs, initiated resuscitation maneuvers and took him to the hospital, where he was admitted at 8:35am. Although he managed to be stabilized initially, the minor died hours later. So far, the cause of cardiorespiratory arrest is not known

The background of the case is marked by the process of restitution and reconnection. According to Lorena Andrade, the boy was separated from his father after a complaint of gender-based violence and handed over to an environment with which he had no consolidated connection. In statements, she was categorical: “Ángel was taken from a place where he was well to be taken to a place of torture. Angel was killed. We didn't want to hand over the baby, and the defender who was on duty ordered that we give it to him