👉 Elías Benítez, un joven de 20 años fue encontrado sin vida en el río por una embarcación de la prefectura. Testigos aseguran que Benítez estaba siendo perseguido por un grupo de personas antes de su muerte. La situación se vuelve aún más intrigante al revelarse que el joven vivía con miedo y era constantemente seguido. Las circunstancias exactas de su muerte aún están bajo investigación. Hablamos con Gladys y Florencia, la madre y la hermana del joven.
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00:00Follow the context of the death of this boy, Elias Benitez,
00:05of just 20 years old, from Gualeguaychú.
00:11The most striking thing about this case is that the boy appears drowned in the river,
00:17there in the river, in Gualeguaychú,
00:19detected by a prefecture boat.
00:24But what is really intriguing, I tell you,
00:30is that apparently there was a previous persecution
00:34to the lifeless appearance of Elias Benitez, of just 20 years old, in the river.
00:40Elias was 20, he lived in Gualeguaychú.
00:44We told you, there are witnesses who claim
00:49he was being chased by a group of people.
00:53Notice that at 2 a.m. on Thursday, November 28,
00:58he had hidden in the house of one of the neighbors,
01:02because even he told that person, who today is a key witness,
01:07he told him that he was escaping from a group of people
01:10who had attacked him or who wanted to attack him.
01:13He was hiding, the neighbor found him in that place.
01:17They are chasing me, he said.
01:20Of course, until that moment no one knew,
01:23but there was some information, or there was a family
01:26that there was an inconvenience with a group of people
01:29who would have started their inconvenience in the Corsómetro.
01:33Corsódromo.
01:34In the Corsódromo.
01:36I have information from Gualeguaychú.
01:40And here we are talking about a topic,
01:43let's say, of total discrimination, Pablo.
01:46In a city like Gualeguaychú,
01:50where the carnival is very important,
01:53where, let's say, many gay people dance in the Corsódromo
02:00and they are all very applauded,
02:01there is also a very important homophobic part.
02:05This case, this case, I still can't prove it,
02:10but for all the information they are giving me,
02:12it has to do exactly with that.
02:14Can it be a hate crime?
02:16Hate crime, if you will.
02:17Of course, let's call it that.
02:19It comes from that side.
02:21It is a boy who participated in the carnival
02:24and who liked it very much.
02:26The information they give me has to do with that,
02:29with a bunch of anti-titodo boys in Gualeguaychú.
02:36These guys play in a football team.
02:40I don't understand anything about football,
02:42but the shirt is yellow and black.
02:43I don't understand anything,
02:44but because they are passing me a little,
02:46that I can't pass.
02:47In Gualeguaychú, in Gualeguaychú,
02:49in Gualeguaychú, in Gualeguaychú.
02:52This is what they are passing me,
02:55this information they are passing me.
02:56You have good information, Diego Suárez Macea.
02:58We are in contact, director,
03:00live with Elias' mother and sister.
03:05Gladys is the mother, Florencia is the sister.
03:09How are you?
03:10We regret this terrible moment you are living.
03:13We understand that Elias was found
03:15with two blows to the head.
03:18He was in the water,
03:19but his crime would have happened on the ground.
03:22Is that so?
03:25Yes.
03:28Good afternoon, everyone.
03:29Good afternoon.
03:30The information is correct.
03:31Good afternoon.
03:32Very good.
03:33What have you been able to find out so far?
03:34We know of a group of people
03:35who would have followed Elias
03:37to some extent.
03:39He was seen in Pueblo Belgrano.
03:42The cameras caught this boy, Elias.
03:48What do you think?
03:49The chase went from the Zambodromo
03:51to the Corsodromo, sorry,
03:53to the river.
03:55What do you think happened?
03:59We don't really have any information
04:02or suspicions that it was from the Corsodromo.
04:05Very good.
04:06The cameras caught my brother
04:08passing through some streets of the city.
04:12They caught him crossing the bridge
04:14because he was returning to Pueblo Belgrano.
04:15He was returning to our family home here.
04:17He was staying here
04:19because he was afraid.
04:20He would come home every day
04:22and he had to bring his smallest bike
04:24because he had to go to school.
04:25He was afraid, you say?
04:27He was afraid of whom?
04:31Because they were following him.
04:33They were chasing him on a motorcycle.
04:35They followed him every step.
04:37They passed in front of his apartment.
04:40That Wednesday they had chased him
04:43to kill him
04:44because he had rented several apartments.
04:51One of the boys called him
04:54and said,
04:55open up, they want to kill me.
04:56He went inside
04:58and apologized to the neighbor
05:00for entering.
05:01Then the neighbor came out
05:03and said,
05:04there's no one left, you can go out.
05:05He grabbed the bike
05:07that he had hidden in the backyard
05:08and left.
05:09He came home scared,
05:11very scared,
05:12because they were chasing him.
05:14And since when?
05:16He was chasing him everywhere.
05:18Let me understand.
05:20Since when was he being harassed by these people?
05:25About three weeks ago.
05:27Three weeks.
05:29And do you know the reason
05:31why these people were harassed?
05:34My brother didn't know these people.
05:35We don't know why they did that
05:37because my brother didn't know them.
05:38The first time he interacted
05:40with these people
05:41was three weeks ago.
05:43He had gone out to a bowling alley
05:44in the city called Libby.
05:46He went out with some friends
05:47and a couple of these guys came
05:50who were the suspects.
05:55They caught him and said,
05:57everything is wrong with you,
05:58we're going to catch you.
05:59And my brother said,
06:00stop, friend, you're getting confused
06:01because I don't know you.
06:02You're confusing me with someone else.
06:03Of course.
06:05And what did he say?
06:07He tried to calm them down
06:08because my brother wasn't the kind of person
06:10who would learn how to fight
06:11if he was being chased.
06:13Of course.
06:14And then...
06:16He wanted to grab him on the other side.
06:18He saw that they were coming from the other side
06:20because he wanted to corner him
06:21in the bowling alley.
06:22So he went to the security guard
06:24to get him out.
06:25He said, they want to beat me up
06:27and I don't know them.
06:29Of course.
06:30He left the bowling alley
06:32before it ended
06:33and spent a week.
06:35Then the party came,
06:36the car meeting,
06:38and they beat him up
06:39with seven other guys.
06:41One of them put a pineapple in his nose
06:44and they kicked him in the knee
06:47and he was badly injured.
06:49And he was with a group,
06:50he was with a friend
06:52who was defending him.
06:53And one of these guys says,
06:57I'm going to kill you too.
06:58He says to the girl and to my son.
07:00Gladys...
07:02They take a walk
07:03and they come to Pueblo Verano.
07:04My son tells me that.
07:05Yes.
07:07And I tell my son,
07:08let's file a complaint.
07:10Because they hit you,
07:11they kicked you, son.
07:13If it's the same bowling alley
07:14that you told me about
07:16and now they kicked you,
07:17let's file a complaint.
07:19And he says, no mom,
07:20nothing will happen.
07:22He thought it was a fight,
07:23that fight where the teenagers
07:25grab each other and kick each other
07:26and that's it.
07:28And he didn't file a complaint
07:29and during the week
07:31he found out who that boy was
07:33because he wanted to know
07:34who he was,
07:36why they wanted to hit him,
07:37what happened.
07:39And what did they tell him?
07:40In the neighborhood where he was,
07:42they told him to be careful,
07:43they are heavy,
07:45they are angry.
07:46And that's when he got alerted
07:48and he was very scared
07:49and they told me,
07:51mom, they follow me on the motorcycle,
07:52they pass in front of my apartment,
07:54where I walk,
07:55I see them hiding
07:57and they are following me.
07:58That's why when I filed a complaint
08:00about his disappearance,
08:02I told him,
08:03I declared him,
08:05I mean,
08:06I blamed these people
08:08because he never had a problem
08:09with anyone,
08:11he was fine
08:12and it all started
08:14with this problem
08:15that we don't know
08:17why,
08:18that's what it is,
08:20what we do know
08:21is that they are used
08:23to this group of boys,
08:24they have already hit other boys,
08:26they are used to acting
08:27in this way.
08:29It makes me remember
08:30the Radweirs,
08:32from Zarate,
08:33who did the same thing.
08:35Let's see,
08:36Diego Suárez Macea,
08:38he's going to ask you a question,
08:39he has exclusive information.
08:41Yes, Gladys, Florencia,
08:42my condolences.
08:44Gualeguaychú is a city
08:45beyond what we all know,
08:47it's a small city,
08:48it's a town,
08:50it's fine,
08:51so everyone knows each other there.
08:53This girl who was with her son,
08:54could she give you
08:56some kind of information
08:57about why,
08:59do you know why I want to tell you?
09:00And with a lot of people
09:02and a lot of respect.
09:03In Gualeguaychú there is a lot of drugs,
09:05even if it seems like a lie to you,
09:07but I want to rule this out
09:08with respect to the victim,
09:12okay?
09:13But I do want to go fully
09:15with the subject,
09:16as you raised it well,
09:18with the subject of hatred.
09:19Do you have any reference,
09:21any information,
09:22something you can,
09:24because I repeat again,
09:25it is important to understand
09:27why he comes,
09:28knowing that the subject of drugs is not,
09:30he was a boy,
09:31as far as I am told,
09:33a quiet boy,
09:34absolutely out of anything
09:36that has to do
09:37with patota,
09:39with aggressions.
09:40Why can you think
09:42what happened to this subject
09:43and if you could speak
09:45with the friend
09:46who was there at that time?
09:48And this group of boys
09:50who followed my son
09:51are some boys
09:53who come from fucked up families,
09:54who are in a fucked up environment
09:57and they are used to
09:59grabbing boys like that,
10:00that they see
10:01that they have another life,
10:03that they are healthier,
10:04that they are on the right track
10:06of hitting him,
10:07of scaring him,
10:09because several have done that
10:10and people are afraid of them,
10:12even the comrades themselves
10:14are threatened,
10:15they threaten them all,
10:17they are used to this group
10:18to be like that.
10:20Anyway,
10:21what you are asking me
10:23regarding the subject of drugs
10:24and polio,
10:26we know from public knowledge
10:27that these people
10:29were involved in drug sales
10:30and so on.
10:32Yes, but that's not...
10:33But that's not...
10:35But that may be
10:36not your brother.
10:38No,
10:39no, no.
10:41My son played basketball,
10:42he loved that sport,
10:44he loved rap music,
10:47he always got together
10:48in San Martin Square,
10:50that's why he has many friends
10:51who make music,
10:53even recently he recorded
10:54Tema Tiene Temas,
10:56he loved music,
10:57he played basketball,
10:59he played changuita,
11:00I mean, albañil,
11:02cortapato,
11:03because I bought him a machine
11:05recently.
11:06I mean, nothing out of the ordinary,
11:08sorry Gladys, Florencia,
11:09nothing out of the ordinary
11:11so far has been indicated,
11:12a group that has been attacking
11:14other boys in Gualeguaychú,
11:15apparently they hit him
11:17in the head,
11:18they threw him into the river
11:20and they are free,
11:21right?
11:23At this moment they are free.
11:24Yes, it's like they kicked him,
11:26among other things,
11:27they took his hand
11:28and they ended up killing him
11:30and they threw him into the river
11:31because when he went to meet
11:33the body of the child,
11:34he had a blow to the head.
11:36Yes, yes.
11:37Look, I can tell you
11:39in a way that my brother
11:40had to be like him,
11:42he was an artist,
11:43you know?
11:45Yes.
11:46He always had that dynamic
11:48of talking to everyone,
11:49he didn't even notice,
11:51you know, the difference
11:52in social classes,
11:54he talked to everyone,
11:55he talked to everyone
11:57and that didn't always
11:58go well for him.
12:00Of course.
12:01Gladys and Florencia,
12:03thank you very much,
12:04we are sorry for what is happening
12:06and we will follow closely
12:07the case of your brother,
12:09your son,
12:10to see what happened
12:12there in Gualeguaychú.