On June 13, a year of the disappearance of Loan Danilo Peña was completedthe 5 -year -old boy who was last seen in the El Algarrobal place, near the town of July 9, in Corrientes, after a family lunch. Since then, the cause accumulates 90 bodies, more than 300 probative measures, including testimonials, rakes, telephone and laboratory expertise, and still knows its whereabouts.
Defendant bench. Due to the disappearance, the six who participated in lunch, Carlos Pérez, Victoria Caillava, Antonio Benítez, Mónica Millapi, Daniel Ramírez and Laudelina Peña, in addition to Commissioner Walter Maciel, accused as primary participant.
The case was elevated to oral trial under article 146 of the Criminal Code, which provides sentences of 5 to 15 years. The debate could begin in December 2025 or February 2026 in Corrientes Capital, even without knowing the mobile or fate of the child. In addition, there are 10 prosecuted for alleged environments of the investigation, illegitimate deprivation of the freedom of witnesses, fraud to the public administration and usurpation of title, including the so -called “false Dupuy” and Nicolás Soria, alias “El Americano”, the only one arrested in this group. The prosecutor Carlos Schaefer He maintains that they acted in flagrancy, with records in television broadcasts. There are currently 8 detainees: 7 in the main cause and one (Soria) in the connected by cover -up, but 17 accused in the trial could be.
Echoes of Justice. The case generated strong political impact: Governor Gustavo Valdés celebrated advances in networks when the accident version was installed; the minister Patricia Bullrich He traveled with technological equipment and said there was no political complicity; Pope Francis mentioned the organ traffic hypothesis and Cristina Kirchner He talked about human trafficking.
A novelty was the prominence of independent journalists in networks. The case of Alejandro Pueblaswhich received a letter from Loan’s brother, resulted in a legal exchange based on press freedom.
In addition, national media journalists, including Paula Bernini and Christian Balbowere summoned to declare for more than 12 hours before the Federal Police. They were asked about live coverage, broadcast hypotheses and their participation in marches.
A year later, without a body or mobile, the case is still open and without answers. Justice will advance with the trial, but the question persists: where is Loan?
