Tuesday, January 17, 2023 | 11:45 a.m.
In the middle of the trial for the crime of Fernando Báez Sosa, a neighbor of Zárate pointed to Máximo Thomsen as the leader of the group and said that “the Pertossi undressed girls in the street.”
Carla, a 71-year-old woman, spoke with the program A la tarde (América) and gave details of how she experienced the actions of the defendants after learning about the case of Fernando Báez Sosa.
“The Pertossi are the most sons of p… in Zárate,” the lady began. “They hit everyone, where they went there was a problem, they owned the city,” she insisted.
”Guarino is the same as the rest”
Carla clarified that she has known the defendants since they were 12 years old and pointed against Juan Pedro Guarino: “He played the good guy and also fought. Once on the waterfront, the Pertossi beat up a kid and almost killed him. There was also Guarino. He is the same as the rest ”.
The woman remarked that the Pertossi “had behaved like this all their lives” and added: “Nobody in the neighborhood looked at them, they hate them.”
The neighbor also spoke of Máximo Thomsen and maintained that “he is the most son of a p…”. “They called themselves the ‘bone breakers,’ and they would go and beat everyone up,” she said.
The null participation of the police: “they did not appear”
He also insisted that the police not show up when they were involved in the fights. “They were tearing down all of Zárate and nobody told them anything. They undressed some girls in the street, they took off her shirt because of how they beat her, ”he remarked.
Carla also said that her grandson was also attacked by the defendants and that because of the constant disturbances that they generated, the parents of the rugby players “fought with the neighbors.” “I know a lot more, but I can’t speak,” she closed.
Who is Ciro Pertossi, one of the most complicated rugbiers for the murder of Fernando
- He was born on May 8 and is 22 years old. He is charged as a co-perpetrator of the crime of “aggravated homicide by treachery and by the premeditated cooperation of two or more people.”
- He is the son of a teacher and a boss of the Toyota automaker.
- He played rugby for the Arsenal Zárate Yacht club, and until then he was an active member of the institution. He was currently suspended from the club, and the court decision is awaited to move forward with the expulsion.
- A club representative confirmed that he was aware that they regularly engaged in violent group behavior.
- His brother Luciano and his cousin Lucas Pertossi are also involved in the crime as “necessary participants.”
- The Justice pointed to Pertossi as “the subject who hit Fernando when he was already on the floor, on his head, face and chest.” The images shown show how Ciro kicks the teenager one last time in the head.
- He was the first rugby player to quicken his pace and escape from the scene after beating the young man to death on January 18, 2020, at the exit of a bowling alley.
- One of the videos incorporated as evidence in the case recorded the moment when Ciro Pertossi sucked his bloody fingers so as not to be discovered by the police. “He cleans his hands at all times with his back to the police officers, but said action was taken by the cameras, trying to hide his hands -with possible blood stains- from Infantry personnel,” the prosecutor described.
- At 06:06 he sent a message through the group: “Guys, do not tell anyone about this.”
Pertossi was one of the first to find out that the situation was much more serious than what her group perceived her to be. In the same way, the next morning, he took it upon himself to notify his friends that the Police were at the door of the house they rented in the coastal city.
