The government of Chaco removed the 'red fist' from the Emerenciano Sena neighborhood.

The deplorable sculpture of the "red fist" that was located at the entrance to the Emerenciano neighborhood was removed last Wednesday afternoon by a decision of the government of the province of Chaco.

It was a representative symbol of the historical enclave of the Sena piquetero family, prior to the detention of its members for the murder of Cecilia Strzyzowski, which occurred in June 2023.

The sculpture, located at 3300 San Martín Avenue, on the outskirts of the city of Resistencia, represented the territorial dominance built by Sena during the years when his political influence positioned him as one of the most influential social leaders in Chaco. The piquetero leader maintained ties with the former Kirchnerist governor Jorge Capitanich.

The decision to remove the statue was made by Governor Leandro Zdero, who was even present during its demolition. The neighborhood, formerly called Emerenciano, will be renamed Pope Francis. Additionally, the installation of a sculpture in honor of the deceased Supreme Pontiff is planned.

This Sunday, May 11, elections will be held to renew 16 seats in the provincial Legislature. In the elections, former Governor Jorge Capitanich, who leads the Justicialist Party list, will face candidates backed by Zdero, a leader who sealed an alliance with La Libertad Avanza of President Javier Milei. Both groups are promoting the candidacy of Julio Ferro, the current Undersecretary of Legal and Technical Affairs of the provincial government.

Emerenciano Sena was also recently linked to an episode in which a group of piquetero leaders was filmed counting large sums of money in front of minors.

As a result of this incident, the Economic and Financial Crimes Department of the Chaco Police, at the request of the federal prosecutor of Resistencia, Patricio Sabadini, and by order of Judge Zunilda Niremperger, arrested last week a close collaborator of Ramón Alberto “Tito” López, the millionaire piquetero who succeeded Sena as a leader.

The detainee is Fernando Adrián Ayala, former coordinator of social organizations, who, along with his partner, María José Reinau, faces charges for being part of a network dedicated to money laundering and the issuance of false invoices.

Another key name in the investigation is Walter Pasko, the group's accountant. According to suspicions, he and his wife, the lawyer Diana Yael Daniel, allegedly played an active role in recruiting people to steal their CUIT and use their data in fraudulent schemes, simulating nonexistent commercial operations to obtain illegitimate tax credits, evade taxes, and justify income.