More than 2 months after being convicted of the crime against Fernando Báez Sosa, the eight rugby players from Zárate are still housed in the Roberto Pettinato Alcaidía, in the western area of La Plata; while they wait for a judicial resolution that must define where they will serve their entire sentence. In that framework, In the last hours, images recorded by other inmates in the place were released, in which several of these young people are seen cutting the grass in the courtyard of the property..
The video, in which mockery and insults from the inmates housed in the place are heard in the background, went viral through social networks. In it you can clearly see at least two of the condemned carrying an edger, while carrying out maintenance tasks on the property located on Route 36 and 47.
The young people are waiting in La Plata for a definition of their procedural situation and the definitive transfer to the prisons where they will finally serve their sentences of 15 years in prison, in the case of Ayrton Violaz, Blas Cinalli y Lucas Pertossi; and life imprisonment, in the case of Maxim Thomsen, Luciano Pertossi, Cyrus Pertossi, Enzo Comelli y Matias Benicelli.
Although there was speculation about a possible transfer to another Buenos Aires prison, especially after the fight in February, the situation of the eight detainees did not change. All remain housed in the same cells and complying with the same rules imposed by the authorities of the Buenos Aires Penitentiary Service (SPB) in Warden No. 3 of Melchor Romero.
SThey remain isolated from the rest of the prison population and with a dynamic that is sustained: few hours in the yard and confinement in cells of two.
“They are together and hope that this year there will be news regarding the Cassation ruling,” was the last thing he expressed to TN.com.ar a judicial source in the case, referring to the request for acquittaln presented by the lawyer. Tomei requested this benefit for the three rugbiers sentenced to 15 years (Ayrton Violaz, Blas Cinalli y Lucas Pertossi) and the reduction of the sentence for the five defendants who were sentenced to life imprisonment (Maxim Thomsen, Luciano Pertossi, Cyrus Pertossi, Enzo Comelli y Matias Benicelli).
Although neither party confirmed it, It is believed that the main reason for stating that the rugbiers will remain in Melchor Romero has to do with the safety of young people.
“Few are willing to pay the cost of a transfer, much more in an election year. If they are separated they will be exposed in another jail, they could be attacked. They are the best known prisoners in Argentina”, explained a judicial source consulted by the aforementioned outlet and also added that the rugbiers “know that they can be uploaded to a mobile unit and notified at the moment that they are going to be housed in another prison.” “That can happen any day, at any time,” they closed.
