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Salta Filicide Trial Opens as Witnesses Challenge Mother's Accident Account

Prosecutors are using forensic evidence to challenge her accident narrative.

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Los peritos trabajando en el lugar.
Matías Jurado, durante uno de sus traslados al MPA (Gentileza Todo Jujuy).
El acusado declaró ante el fiscal de la causa.

Overview

  • Lidia Raquel Cardozo went on trial in Sala I on August 20, accused of aggravated homicide and qualifying injuries in the 2023 death of her 11-year-old son, Leonel Francia.
  • The court replayed her earlier investigative statement asserting an accident, while she declined to testify at the opening session.
  • Construction workers testified that they rushed the boy to the hospital, observed dried blood on his ear and blood at the property, and described the child as fearful of his mother.
  • A CIF autopsy determined Leonel died from a severe traumatic brain injury caused by a penetrating wound from a blunt object, contradicting the accident claim.
  • The proceeding is scheduled through September 9 with about 60 witnesses, as the MPF is represented by fiscal Santiago López Soto before a panel of three judges; separately, investigators detained Marcos Gauna in Chaco after he confessed to killing his father and arrested a son in Guaymallén after an autopsy and scene evidence indicated homicide.