Arroyo Salgado cleared Mallo after a third forensic analysis of a gun found in his possession confirmed that it did not match the projectiles found at the crime scene. However, the Buenos Aires Police Force and the defendant’s forensic team did not find a positive match: Arroyo Salgado has ordered for the PFA to be investigated. Judge Sandra Arroyo Salgado has ruled that there is no reason for Marcelo Mallo, a barra brava (hooligan) often linked to former Cabinet Chief Aníbal Fernández, to remain under arrest for the 2008 Double Homicide of Unicenter (after the shopping mall where the murders took place). “The judge asked for administrative sanctions against the forensic scientists to be evaluated because she considers that jail time for innocent people should not be dictated by bad practice,” said Damián Odetti, Ghiso’s lawyer. The crime known as the Double Homicide of Unicenter involved the deaths of two Colombians who belonged to the United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC), a paramilitary group linked to drug trafficking.

Source: The Bubble July 29, 2016 14:26 UTC