Justice Entrerriana sentenced lawyer Gustavo Rivas on Wednesday to eight years in prison to find him guilty of the crimes of “corruption and promotion of prostitution” for the abuse of a minor and acquitted for another eleven cases for which he had been accused Do. The Court of Justice and appeals of Gualeguaychú understood that “it was not about isolated facts, but a product of repeated conduct over the years, that is to say a plan developed by Rivas with the aim of satisfying his sexual desires and instincts.”
“All the stories were compatible and verifiable. The facts occurred inside the defendant’s home, usually Friday and Saturday night, “the verdict was established.
Prosecutor Lisandro Beherán had called for a 25-year prison sentence, in the oral but non-public process that began on 1 April and in 12 hearings had more than 100 witnesses. Beherán noted that there were “more than 60 people approximately from the prosecutor’s office,” none “witnessed the facts but they did have knowledge.”
“A caretaker of a child care institution told that some kids from home came out ‘ to Rivas ‘, and returned with economic benefits,” explained the prosecutor, and said that “these testimonies were a lot.”
The case had been raised to trial on October 25, 2018 and was initiated after a publication of the magazine Entrerriana Digital analysis, which revealed that Rivas was carrying minors to his home, where he subjected them to different abuses. On the first day, the judges Alicia Vivian, Arturo Dumón and Mauricio Derudi admitted the prescription of two of the allegations, since “they occurred in 1975 and 1977”, when Argentina had not acceded to the international treaties of human rights and rights of the Niño. Rivas, aged 73, was featured as an “illustrious citizen”; Candidate for governor by the Ucedé, in 1987, candidate for Intendant and councillor in 1991 and held various positions of relevance in intermediate, sports and school institutions.
As evidence, in addition to the testimonies, photographs, videos in 8 millimetres and VHS kidnapped at Rivas’s home were presented.
Rivas said that “These famous videos were traveling, and I saw one that said big ‘ Chavo ‘, because he was a fan of El Chavo at that time.”
In addition, he stated that he did not commit crimes, was not with minors and that he did not pay for relations.
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