Uruguay
Matías Santana was indicted for alleged perjury in the Santiago Maldonado case
The Federal Court in Esquel accused him of giving false testimony during the investigation into the disappearance of Santiago Maldonado. According to Clarín, he was also barred from leaving the country and had assets frozen for 3.5 million pesos.
The Federal Court in Esquel indicted Matías Daniel Santana in a case involving alleged aggravated perjury linked to the investigation into the disappearance of Santiago Maldonado, Clarín reported.
According to that outlet, the case stemmed from a complaint filed by lawyer Gonzalo Cané, then secretary for Cooperation with the Judicial Branches of the Ministry of Security of the Nation. The filing argued that Santana had provided false testimony and omitted relevant information, which would have hindered the search and the reconstruction of events.
According to Clarín, Santana told the court that he had seen Gendarmería officers take Maldonado away in a truck and said he observed the scene while on horseback, using binoculars.
Federal judge Eva Parcio de Seleme also ordered a 3,500,000-peso freeze on his assets, a ban on leaving the country without judicial authorization and an obligation not to obstruct the proceedings, always according to Clarín.
The same outlet noted that, later on, forensic examinations concluded that Maldonado drowned in the Chubut River, in a context in which, moreover, the binoculars mentioned by Santana never appeared.
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