It will premiere next Thursday, February 29th Menem Junior: The Death of the President’s Son, which will be available on Maximum. This will be the first official Argentine production of the streaming platform.
In four 45 minute episodes, the documentary will narrate the unexpected death of Carlos Saúl Facundo Menem Yoma, son of former president Carlos Menem, which occurred following a helicopter crash. The event aroused immense emotion among Argentines and is still one of the most remembered cases of the 1990s.
“Accident or attack?” is the question with which the first images were shared through the streaming platform’s social networks. But it is also the enigma that remains among many Argentine citizens.
The motorist was traveling with him Silvio Oltrahe also died.
The new series promises to bring the viewer closer to an answer, providing archival material and testimonies from authoritative voices. Moreover The documentary will feature recreated fictional scenesto give an agile rhythm to the narration of events.
Key figures such as mother Zulema Yoma and sister Zulemita Menem will tell their version and details of the tragedy firsthand. Furthermore, the judge who handled the case, Carlos Villafuerte Ruzo, will speak exclusively.
Carlos Menem Jr., in the helicopter where he died.The former Minister of Economy will also participate in the documentary Domingo Cavallo, the journalists Facundo Pastor, Samuel Chiche Gelblung and Román Lejman, the writer Olga Wornat and the president of the Arab Islamic Association of Argentina Adalberto Asaadamong others.
The accident that created an enigma
Carlitos Menem Junior died March 15, 1995, when the helicopter he was piloting collided with high voltage lines and crashed to the ground in Ramallo, Buenos Aires province. The specific causes of the accident are currently unknown.
Zulema Yoma and Zulemita Menem will give their version of Carlitos’ death in Max’s documentary. After the incident was investigated, the court declared that it was a simple accident. However, it was his mother, Zulema Fátima Yoma, who has always maintained that it was an attack.
The case made its way through the Argentine judicial system and reached the Supreme Court of the Nation, which supported the theory of the accident. Not satisfied, Zulema Yoma brought the case of her son’s death to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights he managed to reopen the case that had been closed.
In 2017, thanks to Zulema’s appeal, the remains of “Carlitos” were exhumed to verify whether, as his mother claimed, they had been manipulated to hinder the investigations.
The documentary about Carlos Menem Jr. will also feature recreated fictional scenes, to give the story an agile pace. Although the justice system did not find any revealing facts after reopening the investigation, former president Carlos Menem changed his position and stated that he believed it was an attack, after having claimed otherwise for more than twelve years.
The series is expected to reveal Carlitos Menem Junior’s family’s theories about his death and alleged cover-ups during the investigation. The testimonies most awaited by the public are, therefore, those of the mother and sister, who have a lot to tell.
The series will be available starting next Thursday, February 29, on the Max streaming platform.
The official poster for “Menem Junior: The Death of the President’s Son”.Source: Clarin
