2023-08-03 17:28:46
A 24-year-old Argentine was left detained in a jail in El Salvadorafter being accused of being part of a Colombian criminal gang together with 105 Colombians, 3 Salvadorans and a Guatemalan. Alejo Arias Gonzalez He had traveled to the Central American country to find a better economic life but ended up locked up in one of the fearsome Salvadoran prisons.
The young man arrested two weeks ago is a native of Mendoza and is currently incommunicado in the prison The Penalty, in San Salvador, although he will shortly be transferred to another prison that is not yet known. This was detailed by his mother, who was in charge of viralizing the case to ask for justice while she seeks help to reverse his situation.
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“This is agony. You have to wait six months for him to be prosecuted. We don’t know anything about him or what he needs. This is desperate, knowing how they treat prisoners in that country,” lamented Sandra González, mother of the young man arrested, according to the media. diary one. For his part, he assures that his son is “unfairly” deprived of his liberty.
The woman explained that he was arrested on July 14, as mentioned, along with 105 Colombians, 3 Salvadorans and one Guatemalan. In this context, the family’s concern stems from the treatment that criminals and alleged criminals receive due to the administration of President Nayib Bukele.
“I ask everyone for help, go viral so that my son Alejo Arias González is acquitted or deported here… to our country. He was UNFAIRLY detained in El Salvador and they are going to transfer him to a penalty. The people who know him know what kind of human being he is… with values and nobility, a low and honest profile,” his mother said on social media.
He also added: “Please defend and ask for the absolute freedom of my son. Here from Mendoza, Argentina. We are your parents, sister, uncles, cousins, friends. We ask for Justice! Help us so that this publication reaches everyone, including Mr. President Nayib Bukele”.
“The saddest thing is that he cannot defend himself and explain that He is only an administrative employee of the microfinance institution where he worked. My son didn’t know it was illegal. Us neither. Otherwise, she would never have traveled there,” she said.
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Regarding the reason why his son traveled to El Salvador, he recounted: “Alejo found out about this job from some boys from San Luis who were there. He had stopped studying at the university due to lack of money, so he left with the idea of working for six months, because they pay in dollarsand thus resume the race”.
“He even had to sell his car to be able to travel. His job was to collect the installments of the loans that people took in the financial institution. I had a portfolio of 100 to visit every month,” he added.
In relation to the legal situation of his son, González explained that he has the legal sponsorship of a lawyer. “We sent him Alejo’s certificates of good conduct, the certificates that he is a student and a lot of papers, but the justice system in El Salvador has not received it. Time passes and my son is still detained“, lament.
“We know that the Argentine consul has seen it. He said there has been no mistreatment. They have brought him hygiene items, since they took him without anything to the prison. They say that the consulate cannot intervene in the matter, which is strictly judicial“He added later regarding the efforts made with the Foreign Ministry.
In turn, the woman protested: “It doesn’t give much impotence not being able to do anything. You can’t even travel, since my husband is a business employee and I am a housewife and we don’t even have the chance to buy a ticket. In addition, all spending there is in dollars.”
“My son went to work in March, for six months, and returned in September. Now We do not know when we will see him again, nor how he is, since they have him incommunicado“, he concluded.
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