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Ex-Councillor Matías ‘Cayu’ Rojas Declines To Testify in Child Sex Abuse Case

The prosecutor now faces a 15-day window to seek preventive detention before Judge Alberto Manzi.

Overview

  • Rojas was arrested Tuesday in Saldungaray by Buenos Aires provincial DDI officers under an order from Guarantees Court No. 3.
  • At a virtual hearing on Wednesday, he refused to give a statement while represented by private attorney Sebastián Cuevas.
  • The case lists five alleged acts against girls who were minors, including four counts of simple sexual abuse and one classified as gravely degrading.
  • Prosecutor Marcelo Romero Jardín has up to 15 days, extendable by another 15, to request preventive detention, with a forthcoming hearing to include the defense and family counsel Valentín Fernández.
  • La Gaceta reports the alleged conduct spans 2021 to 2025, five minors have testified in Cámara Gesell, and press estimates place potential penalties between 4 and 26 years if convictions occur.