Barbara Garcia He is happy but at the same time restless. It is that despite the fact that with her struggle she managed to46 years laterthose responsible for kidnapping her mother are sentenced, the judicial process that she had to go through and the way in which one of the repressors will serve the sentence do not leave her completely satisfied.
His story is unheard of even within the causes of crimes of It hurts humanity. On June 14, 1976, the mother of Barbara, Rocio Angela Martinez Borbolla, and his partner Pedro Oscar Martucci fThey were kidnapped at dawn in Haedo. Barbara, who was only 9 years old at the time, was not only present and even threatened by one of the soldiers, but decades later she identified him before the Justice, allowing her to judge him. “My story is incredible. But I had always said that I would never forget that face. And so it was”, he details to NEWS. Indeed, that identification was key, among other testimonies, to start the judicial process against Martín Sánchez Zinny, whom she identified, and four other former soldiers.
Course. “The trial was full of irregularities. From evidence that was not approved by the Court and that their defense included at the last minute, to the behavior of Sanchez Zinny, qSomeone directly threatened me and mistreated me every time I spoke. They did not even want to allow the transmission of the trial, which was oral and public”, explains García. The trial was in charge of the Federal Oral Court No. 2 of the City of Buenos Aires and began on December 3, 2021. However, when the “Road cause”which involves Cristina Kirchner, fell in the same court, its process was accelerated.
Even though her own García acknowledges that when the time came to hear the sentences neither she nor her lawyer, Pablo Llonto, were sure of having a favorable ruling, the Justice agreed with them. Three of the five defendants, including Sánchez Zinny, were sentenced to life in prison. “My brother Camilo would not stop crying. I was motionless. He didn’t fall. He hugged me with all the people who had come to support us, but he didn’t react, ”he says.
The sentences, however, do not generate peace of mind. Sánchez Zinny is serving house arrest in his house in Acassusoy doesn’t even have an electronic anklet. “She is 66 years old. She should go to jail. But they give him the benefit because he has a son with ASD and his defense affirms that if he goes to prison, that damages the health of his son, who is not even a minor anymore,” emphasizes García, who affirms that they are already working to make this happen. reverse because you fear for your safety. “He threatened me during the trial and in front of the judges. I am 55 years old, I have the right to live my life in peace and not have to walk around with an anti-panic button”, he reflects.
