The case of Fernando Baez Sosa, the key moments of the crime that shocked Argentina [VIDEO]

student murder case Fernando Baez Sosa18 years, in the coastal city of Villa Gesell (province of Buenos Aires, Argentina) in January 2020, seems to be coming to an end on February 6, when eight accused of murder are sentenced.

Death Fernando Baez Sosa, the product of a traumatic brain injury, caused a wave of general rejection in the country. The victim was the son of a caregiver and a bricklayer, immigrants from Paraguay. He began his career as a lawyer, graduating from a Catholic parochial school and doing charity work.

“They attacked him from behind, they threw him on the floor. They broke his head, this small body that was in my stomach for nine months, ”mother Graciela Sosa lamented when the trial of her husband Silvino Baez began.

The crime

On the morning of January 18, 2020 Fernando Baez Sosa was attacked at the exit of a nightclub in the resort of Villa Gesell, 370 km south, by a group of eight young men, aged between 18 and 21 at the time, who knew each other from playing rugby at the Naútico Arsenal Zarate, provincial club 90 km north of Buenos Aires.

The protagonists were ejected by the local staff after an argument inside, but the confrontation continued outside.

According to CCTV footage, the “rugby players”, as they are known in the media, were waiting for the police and local security personnel to move away from the area to attack. Fernando Baez Sosa from behind and, once on the ground, they continued to kick and punch him until he lost consciousness.

The prosecutor’s office claims that several attackers surrounded the young man so that his friends could not save him, while the rest continued to attack him.

While the attackers Fernando Baez Sosa They threw him to the ground and shouted racist slurs at him, according to eyewitness accounts, CCTV footage and subsequent conversations between the defendants who were vacationing in Villa Gesell.

“Kill the fucking black!” Witnesses said they heard during the attack, prosecutor Juan Manuel Davila said.

Fernando Baez Sosawho was an only child, died from a head injury caused by blows received while lying on the pavement.

preventive prison

The defendants are Maximo Thomsen (23), Enzo Comelli (22), Mattias Benicelli (23), Blas Cinally (21), Ayrton Viollas (23), the Luciano brothers (21) and Ciro (22) Pertossi and their cousin Lukas (23) were arrested on the same day.

They are serving pre-trial detention in a prison on the southern outskirts of Buenos Aires, from where they were transferred to Dolores, 200 kilometers south, while the trial, which began on 2 January and heard more than 150 witnesses, continues. happening.

They are accused of “aggravated murder by reason of treachery and willful cooperation of two or more persons”, as well as inflicting “light bodily harm” on friends. Fernando Baez Sosa who tried to help the victim.

They ask for a life sentence

On the first day of the charges, on January 25 this year, prosecutors Gustavo Garcia and Juan Manuel Davila demanded life imprisonment for the defendants for the crimes from the judges of the Oral Criminal Court No. 1 of the city of Dolores of Buenos Aires. murder, aggravated by betrayal and deliberate competition of two or more persons.

Eight defendants were considered “co-perpetrators” of this crime due to the way they allegedly committed the murder. Fernando Baez Sosa.

According to the prosecutor’s version, the accused Maximo Thomsen, Matias Benicelli, Enzo Comelli, Blas Cinally, Ayrton Viollaz and Luciano, Ciro and Lucas Pertossi “agreed to kill”. Fernando Baez Sosa.

“No risk to the pack”

Family Lawyers Fernando Baez Sosa They agreed with the prosecutor’s request.

“This is enough, and more than enough, to sentence the defendants to life imprisonment,” said lawyer Fernando Burlando.

According to the complaint, Ferdinand baez soft he was attacked “from behind, taking advantage of his defenselessness and without risk to the pack”.

“They killed to kill. It’s really inexplicable. They didn’t care who. Their plan was to take it as a trophy. The synchronized coordination of actions allowed them to build an insurmountable wall,” Burlando said.

The Argentine penal code provides for life imprisonment for aggravated murder. If the judges pass sentence for simple murder, the sentence is between eight and 25 years; and if it was a murder in a fight, as the defense claims, then from two to six years.

They apologize and demand an acquittal.

January 26 eight “rugby” accused of a crime Fernando Baez Sosa they apologized to the victim’s family. They had expressions such as “I apologize”, “I apologize”, “There was no intention to kill”, “There was no plan (to kill)”, and “I’m sorry”.

At the latest hearing in Dolores, defense attorney Hugo Tomei demanded that those accused of death be “acquitted” Ferdinand baez softwhich took place in 2020 at the Villa Gesell resort.

“The assassination plan could not be proven. There was no state of defenselessness (from baez soft) under no circumstances,” he argued. “These children had no idea what had happened (…). When you interpret everything, you go down from that pedestal that these are inhuman killers, ”added the lawyer.

One of the defendants, identified by prosecutors as the leader of the group, 23-year-old Maximo Thomsen, burst into tears on Thursday, saying: “I am in a lot of pain. We never intended to do something like this. I want to apologize. “

“The fact that they started crying didn’t touch me, because they killed my son,” said the mother of the judges. Fernando Baez SosaGrace.

Tomei acknowledged the aggression of his clients. But he said that “in any case, this act can be qualified as an assault in a fight (which entails a punishment of 2 to 6 years) or a simple murder (from 8 to 25 years) without “never knowing who killed” baez soft.

Reaction in Paraguay

In addition, the Congress of Paraguay also joined the demands for justice for Fernando Baez Sosasince his parents are Paraguayan immigrants living in Argentina.

Deputy promoter of the initiative, Norma Camacho of the opposition National Encounter Party (PEN), took the crime as an example for “every possible policy to eradicate violence.”

Court verdict in the case Fernando Baez Sosa This will become known on February 6, it was officially announced after the original date of January 31 was changed.

(According to EFE and AFP)

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