“Martincito” turned 16 at the Almafuerte juvenile institute in La Plata. There he posted using his cell phone about his days of solitude on his new Facebook and Instagram accounts. “Martincito” has the nickname of a baby, but he is what they point to as the author of the footage that, on New Year’s morning, ended the life of Lara Valentina Fernández (15), in Lomas de Zamora, for stealing her . cellphone.

Cristian “Chula” Maidana (23) -from hours after the fact- and Alan Benjamín González (22) -from March 28- were also jailed for homicide.

The fugitive was just one of four gang members captured on video before and after the crime. His name is Leandro Nicolás Strassera (20) and just this week it was published by the Buenos Aires Ministry of Security the reward offerbetween 2,500,000 and 5,000,000 pesos- for those who provide information on their whereabouts.

Authorities clarified that the money would be “distributed only to those who present themselves to provide information in front of the indicated authorities“in resolution.

Strassera, according to neighborhood rumors, he thought of giving upbut still continues to run. He was from Lomas de Zamora, as were his accomplices.

“Martincito”, who uploaded photos with weapons on his social networks and even joined a gang of asphalt pirates, is not responsible for being a minor. In other words, when he turns 18, in April 2024, he will be able to leave the Almafuerte Institute, located in Melchor Romero. If he doesn’t go away first, of course.

The young man keeps his cast on his left foot. On the day they arrested him, they had no interest in surrendering themselves gently: he approached police with a .38-caliber revolver and ended up with three bullets in his legs.

Maidana and “Martincito”, in addition, are suspected of committing another homicide, which occurred in August 2019, victimizing as Javier Silva (27), father of three, in the neighborhood of Villa Rita, who was run over in a motorcycle when he returned from playing soccer with friends.

“Benja” González was caught while working at Central Market. He had a cross tattoo on his face and was undocumented. He took refuge in an uncle’s house, who occupied it to make that change.

The victim’s mother, María Laura Fernández, also had a birthday these days. The 40. That he couldn’t celebrate because it was the saddest birthday of his life. The first was without Lara, whom she raised alone because the father was “erased” after getting pregnant. His friends came to him, to hug him. “It’s great, but it’s not a happy birthday,” he said Clarion.

The woman, who is a City Police officer, has another daughter, 9 years old, who daily suffers the loss of her older sister.

On the day of the crime, Laura found out about the murder on New Year’s morning, when she was working at Directory and Thompson, in the Caballito neighborhood, and they called her on the phone to tell her the worst news of her life. “They shot him in the neck“, a neighbor told him about” Lalu. “He had to meet him later in the morgue.

It happened just after six in the morning in Falucho and Olmos, where Lara was with a group of 10 friends. They surprised him as he was behind him sending a message using a cell phone lent to him by one of the men, because his old Samsung Galaxy J2 Prime, which was “not worth 10,000 pesos” and handed him by his mother, no more batteries.

“Don’t touch me!“the only thing he shouted.” Martincito “he was hit by the butt of a rifle in the head and at the same time a gunshot entered the back of his neck.

In 2022 he will begin his final year of high school, at School No. 80 of Lomas de Zamora, where he took no assignments and became a delegate of his course. In addition, he planned to enroll in university to study the career he dreamed of: agricultural engineering.

The case is being investigated by prosecutor Carla Furingo (UFI No. 1 of Lomas de Zamora), although in the case of “Martincito” a juvenile prosecutor intervened.

EMJ