Argentine Justice reopens the Santiago Maldonado case
A new investigation will be initiated to learn again the causes in which Santiago Maldonado died in 2017. The Federal Chamber of Comodoro Rivadavia was in charge of reopening the case that kept Argentina under constant social pressure on the possible circumstances of the death of Santiago Maldonado.
The body of Santiago Maldonado was found 77 days after his disappearance at the bottom of a river. The events occurred after the security forces and Mapuche members clashed in a protest.
Santiago Maldonado was a Mapuche activist who was found drowned in a river in Argentina
The Federal Chamber of Comodoro Rivadavia wishes to clarify some hypotheses regarding the possible death of Santiago Maldonado. For now, it is ruled out that there was enforced disappearance.
The judges want forensic experts to reconstruct the conditions in which the body was found, as it lasted 77 days in the water. This includes the work of an Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team and an expert in geology, in order to explain why Santiago Maldonado's body was covered in pollen.
Of course, social networks have blamed the Gendarmerie for what they have called disappearance and murder. While another group of people accuse them of hindering the investigation, since according to some sources that river was reviewed by them in due course.
In November 2018, the Argentine justice informed the community that Santiago Maldonado died of drowning while trying to cross the river. Of course, the Argentine's family rejected the sentence and continued to blame the members of the Gendarmerie.
As soon as the investigations began and versions of what “really happened” were released to the local press in Argentina, while the Argentine Justice is conducting its investigations, they will only be unsubstantiated speculations. News in development.
