Francisco Ibarra, a lawyer representing the victim’s family, asked that the issue be closed in the investigation and go to oral trial in Río Grande. Santiago Liquín died in October 2021 in a sinister road accident that occurred in the vicinity of San Martín and Almirante Brown. He was run over by a truck that Germán Sopena was driving.
In order to try to put an end to a long judicial process, which has been going on for almost a year and a half, where there was a prosecution that was later annulled and new judicial measures had to be carried out that resulted in a new prosecution against the defendant, the complaint urges the case is brought to trial. In any case, the prosecutor’s office is still expected to do the same so that the investigation is closed and is brought to the attention of the Trial Court to set a hearing date.
On Thursday, October 28, 2021, at 11:50 p.m., there was a road incident that cost the young student his life and serious injuries to another who was accompanying him.
On that occasion, Santiago Liquin, 18 years old and a sixth-year high school student, was trying to cross San Martín avenue, between Brown and Finocchio streets, together with his friend and schoolmate Matías Berger, when they were both hit by a truck. Dodge Journey driven by Germán Sopena.
As a result of the accident, Liquín lost his life, while his companion suffered minor injuries from which he was immediately discharged and would become the only witness to what happened.
In the experts it was possible to verify that Sopena was traveling at 65 km/h, when the ordinance provides that you cannot exceed 60 km/h, in addition the breathalyzer test determined a percentage of 0.32 grs/L. of alcohol in blood
In February 2022, Judge Daniel Cesari Hernández ordered Sopena to be prosecuted on charges of culpable homicide and culpable minor injuries, but the ruling was annulled by the Criminal Chamber of the Appeals Chamber, whose members demanded that certain aspects of what happened be clarified. , before proceeding to the processing of Sopena.
After the decision of the Chambers, the judge in the case ordered the reconstruction of the facts, a measure that was fulfilled on June 15 of last year. After complying with this expertise, Sopena was summoned to submit a new investigative statement, which was fulfilled on August 31.
Finally, in February of this year, the driver of the vehicle that hit Liquín was prosecuted again for the crimes of “culpable homicide” and “culpable serious injuries.” In addition, an embargo was placed on him for the sum of 2,400,000 pesos.
2023-05-11 12:24:11
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