Overview
- Loan Danilo Peña was last seen at a family lunch in El Algarrobal, Corrientes on June 13, 2024 and has not been found since.
- The consolidated oral trial begins on June 16, 2026 in Corrientes with 17 defendants—seven charged with sustracción and ocultamiento and ten charged in a related obstruction case.
- Prosecutors rely on a narrow physical record that includes a single left boot, odor-detection dog alerts inside a Ford Ranger and a suspect Ford Ka, and phone antenna data while searches of more than 25,000 hectares found no sign of an accidental disappearance.
- The seven primary defendants named in the main cause include María Victoria Caillava, Carlos Pérez, Laudelina Peña, Antonio Benítez, Mónica Millapi, Daniel Ramírez and former police chief Walter Maciel, and roughly 100 witnesses are expected to testify at the Escuadrón 48 de Gendarmería venue.
- The case has been marked by contradictory statements and accusations that evidence was staged to suggest a lost-child scenario, the Alerta Sofía remains active with a 20 million peso reward, and the trial is the family's best hope for answers about Loan's fate.