Death of 4-year-old Ángel: skull injuries and judicial reengagement under gender criteria are being investigated

The death of Ángel, a boy just 4 years old, in the city of Comodoro Rivadavia, sparked national shock and put under the spotlight not only his family environment, but also previous judicial decisions that are now strongly questioned. The minor died after suffering cardiorespiratory arrest, without a medical history, and the causes remain undetermined, pending the results of the autopsy

The case, however, goes beyond the medical. As investigations progress, complaints emerge that point to possible institutional negligence and the influence of ideological criteria on decisions that would have been fatal. According to reports, the first tests carried out on Ángel's body would indicate the presence of internal injuries to the skull, which aggravates suspicions about the circumstances of his death and reinforces the hypothesis of

On Sunday morning, around 7:00 a.m., Ángel began to have respiratory problems in the house where he was staying. Medical and police personnel came to the scene and found him without vital signs, immediately starting resuscitation maneuvers. He was rushed to the regional hospital, where he was admitted at 8:35 in critical condition. There, as Luis Cisneros explained, “advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation is performed and it responds from a circulatory point of view, regaining a heart rate, but never regaining the respiratory rate

The professional defined him as a “critically ill patient who never responded” during his stay in intensive care. Finally, the boy died shortly before midnight on Sunday. Despite the picture, Cisneros was adamant: “The cause of death is totally unknown. That's why the body is going to an autopsy; we'll have to wait for the results to have some other information.” He also clarified that “there are no signs of violence in the medical record” and that the minor “apparently was in very good general condition

Suspicions, family insiders and raids

The minor's biological mother was at the center of the investigation, and this Wednesday the police carried out a search of the house where she lived with her current partner, who was also accused of suspicion of violence

Even in the Public Prosecutor's Office, a fight broke out between the child's mother and father, which required police intervention.

The prosecutor in the case, Facundo Oribones, ordered the intervention of the Interdisciplinary Forensic Corps and ordered measures to determine “what was the cause of death of this minor, as well as the responsibility of any person”.

One of the most controversial points in the case is the court decision to reconnect Ángel with his biological mother. The process had started on November 4, despite the fact that, according to the parental environment, the child expressed fear.

Lorena Andrade, who defined herself as a “foster mother”, maintained that the child had been abandoned by his mother when he was one and a half years old and that the reconnection was imposed by Justice.

“Ángel was taken from a place where he was well to be taken to a place of torture. Ángel was killed,” he said. He also complained: “We didn't want to hand over the baby, and the defender who was on duty ordered that we give it

Along the same lines, he questioned the process:
“You can't give a child to someone you don't know, no matter how much the mother is, you don't know her.” In addition, he said that for three months the biological mother imposed a perimeter that prevented them from approaching the