translated from Spanish: Fernanda Maciel: they expanded arrest of defendant and prosecutor said the body was not found before because it was very small

The court, at the request of the Prosecutor’s Office, decided to extend the detention by 48 hours and transfer to the High Security Prison Felipe Rojas, the man who was captured by Carabineros, after the body of the and the young Fernanda Maciel, who had been missing for almost 500 days. The Prosecution’s Office justified the request, noting that the autopsy to be performed on Maciel’s body will be able to provide data relevant to Rojas’ formalization – who will be charged with the crimes of murder and illegal burial. He also said that in the area of the find, where expertise is still being carried out, there are fabrics, clothes, footprints and other elements that are left in the hands of experts, as well as the results of the registration to Rojas’ home. Following the arrest check, prosecutor Macarena Cañas said that the finding was possible thanks to the providing of relevant information, which will be released in Rojas’ formalization and responded to the criticisms of the previous five times in which the b odega without results. “They should consider that the site has more than 700 square meters,” said Cañas, who added that “huge rolls of fabrics” and “large irons” are stored in the cellar. The prosecutor also stated that “the size of the victim is 1.5 meters and was in the fetal position, so it did not occupy a space of more than one meter by 80 centimeters, it was a small place. When I saw her I thought it was a child,” Cañas.La researcher said that at work on the ground it was not possible to “enter with a backhoe”, because of the characteristics of the search and reiterated that the body was in a 70-centimeter pit , covered with lime and under a cement slab.

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