French rugby players accused of raping a woman are transferred to Mendoza: they travel by land in vans

Oscar Jégou and Hugo AraudouPlayers from the French rugby team were accused of raping a woman in Mendoza last Sunday Transfer of the federal police to that province’s force He was arrested on Monday at a hotel in Buenos Aires.

so, They will travel to Mendoza to appear before prosecutor Dario NoraCrimes Against Sexual Integrity Unit, for their respective investigations and expertise. Their height, over 1.90 meters in both cases, surprised the police officers in charge of the transfer: both accused They were a head and a half bigger Mendoza to officers who placed him in handcuffs.

Jegou and Araudou will not have access to scheduled flights: They will travel by land in vanswith almost a day’s travel in the middle of a polar cold wave. Mendoza police van They are surrounded by a guard of motorcycles and PFA patrol cars. The search information for the suspect Danilo Peña can be seen on a cell phone. Sources close to the case anticipate that in Mendoza he will be held in the Transitional Detention Station of the Judicial Pole of the capital.

both went was found and captured at the Emperador Hotel on Monday of Libertador Avenue in Buenos Aires by the Federal Investigation Division of Fugitives and Interpol Extradition of the PFA, in collaboration with the Crimes against Sexual Integrity Division of the Mendoza Police, following a nationwide arrest warrant signed by Judge Cristina Pietrasanta.

Although the accused have not yet faced their required charges, the arrest request was made to the Federal Interpol Region The crime of grossly aggravated sexual abuse involving two or more personsThat means gang rape.

The scene was a bit shocking. The players were He was arrested on a rest day in front of several of his teammates and members of the coaching staffbefore leaving for Uruguay for a new match. Jegou and Araudou do not speak Spanish. It was spoken by a physical trainer of the team, who acted as translator. Neither of them offered any resistance when they were handcuffed. They also did not talk about the crime they are accused of.

Both He will be defended by lawyer Rafael Cuneo Libaronaafter meeting him in his custody on Cavia Street, who had already been in Mendoza for two days, where he was being held This cell is reserved for international fugitives He was wanted in the country for crimes such as murders, drug trafficking, large-scale robberies and fraud.

In Mendoza, Cuneo Libarona has already visited the prosecutor’s office over the case. Waiting Be a savior this morning to contact the file.

JegouHe confirmed his innocence in a conversation with his family before his trial. Third row He admitted to having an intimate relationship with the complainant, but insisted it was consensual.

“I am innocent, I did nothing”According to various French publications, she may have told one of her brothers.

The attack for which he was reportedIt happened last Sunday at the Diplomatic Hotel in the capital of Mendozaafter the match between France and Los Pumas where the Argentine national team lost 28 to 13. The victim assured the prosecutor on duty that she had met Araudo in a nightclub. After drinking several drinks, She felt “dizzy””, sources in the case assured based on his testimony. There, the 20-year-old second line took him to the hotel, where Jegou entered the scene.