The father of Ángel López, the 4-year-old boy who died in Comodoro Rivadavia, said that his son “was beaten and tortured” before he died and targeted both his biological mother and his stepfather, arrested yesterday in the case, as against the actions of the judicial system that intervened in the reassociation process
.Luis López's statements came after the preliminary results of the autopsy were released, which determined that the minor had “trauma to the cranial area” and injuries compatible with blows that occurred at least ten days before his death.
Based on these elements, the Chubut Police arrested Mariela Altamirano and her partner, Maicol González, who will be charged with homicide aggravated by the link.
The boy had been transferred on April 5 to a hospital in Comodoro Rivadavia in critical condition, after decompensating in his mother's home
.According to the investigation, he was there because of a judicial decision as part of a reconnection process. He was admitted with cardiorespiratory arrest and died two days later, despite resuscitation maneuvers performed
by medical personnel.At first, the mother maintained that the child had decompensated while he was sleeping. However, that version began to lose support when doctors detected signs of internal injuries
.A hospital report had already warned that there was a “history of previous trauma”, which was decisive in advancing the investigation and specifying the arrests.
