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'''Facundo Astudillo Castro''' (23 August 1997 –
The [[United Nations|UN]] Committee on Enforced Disappearances ([[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights|OHCHR]]) demanded the [[Government of Argentina|Argentine government]] to be expedite and
The investigation started under the legal title of Whereabouts inquiry but then turned to a Forced disappearance investigation.<ref name=":5" /><ref name=":21">{{Cite news|date=8 July 2020|title=Facundo Astudillo Castro: información sobre la investigación por desaparición forzada|language=es-AR|trans-title=Facundo Astudillo Castro: information on the forced disappearance investigation|work=[[Ministerio Público (Argentina)|Attorneys general of Argentina]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.fiscales.gob.ar/violencia-institucional/la-desaparicion-de-facundo-seran-peritados-los-elementos-secuestrados-en-el-puesto-policial-de-teniente-origone/|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> In August, the involvement of the [[Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team]] in the investigation was required.<ref>{{Cite news|date=12 August 2020|title=Facundo Astudillo Castro: el EAAF se constituirá en Bahía Blanca para participar de la investigación|language=es-AR|trans-title=Facundo Astudillo Castro: the AFAT will present in Bahía Blanca to take part in the investigation|work=[[Ministerio Público (Argentina)|Attorneys general of Argentina]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.fiscales.gob.ar/violencia-institucional/facundo-astudillo-castro-el-eaaf-se-constituira-en-bahia-blanca-para-participar-de-la-investigacion/|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref><ref name=":132">{{Cite news|date=12 August 2020|title=El Equipo de Antropología Forense se suma a la investigación del caso de Facundo Astudillo|language=es-AR|trans-title=The Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team joins the Facundo Astudillo investigation|work=[[Télam]]|url=https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202008/501636-incorporan-equipo--antropologia-forense-investigacion-caso-facundo-astudillo.html|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> His body remains were found on August 15, 2020, in an advanced state of decomposition,<ref name=":26">{{cite news|date=16 August 2020|title=Hallan un cuerpo en un canal cerca de Bahia Blanca y podría ser el de Facundo Astudillo Castro|work=[[Perfil]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.perfil.com/noticias/actualidad/facundo-astudillo-castro-hallan-cuerpo-general-derri-cerca-de-bahia-blanca-policia-federal.phtml|access-date=31 August 2020|language=es-AR}}</ref> in an area between the cities of General Daniel Cerri and Villarino Viejo.<ref name=":27">{{cite news|date=31 August 2020|title=El cuerpo encontrado es de Facundo Astudillo Castro|work=[[Perfil]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.perfil.com/noticias/actualidad/confirman-cuerpo-hallado-es-facundo-astudillo-castro.phtml|access-date=31 August 2020|language=es-AR}}</ref><ref name=":023">{{cite news|date=31 August 2020|title=Facundo Astudillo Castro: esperan saber esta semana si el cuerpo es del joven|work=[[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.clarin.com/policiales/facundo-astudillo-castro-esperan-saber-semana-cuerpo-joven_0_e7sdmZqJg.html|access-date=31 August 2020|language=es-AR}}</ref><ref name=":212">{{Cite news|date=21 August 2020|title=La búsqueda de Facundo: informan quiénes participarán de la autopsia al cuerpo encontrado en Villarino Viejo|language=es-AR|trans-title=Search of Facundo: Participants on the autopsy to the body discovered in Villarino Viejo are informed|work=[[Ministerio Público (Argentina)|Attorneys general of Argentina]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.fiscales.gob.ar/violencia-institucional/la-busqueda-de-facundo-informan-quienes-participaran-de-la-autopsia-al-cuerpo-encontrado-en-villarino-viejo/|access-date=2 September 2020}}</ref> The autopsy was done in the former ESMA in Buenos Aires, where the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team has its laboratory.<ref name=":242">{{cite news|date=25 August 2020|title=Unos 15 peritos y casi diez horas de autopsia en la identificación de los restos hallados|work=[[Télam]]|url=https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202008/506229-comienza-la-autopsia-sobre-los-restos-hallados-en-el-marco-de-la-causa-astudillo-castro.html|access-date=31 August 2020|language=es-AR}}</ref> 15 experts from different areas participated in the exam, which lasted for 10 hours.<ref name=":242" /><ref name=":024">{{cite news|date=25 August 2020|title=Facundo Astudillo Castro: sospechan que un patrullero estuvo en la zona del hallazgo de los restos óseos|work=[[La Nación (Argentina)|La Nación]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/seguridad/astudillo-castro-fiscal-pidio-secuestrar-patrullero-habria-nid2431296|access-date=31 August 2020|language=es-AR}}</ref> The [[autopsy]] report, published by the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, established the [[cause of death]] as [[drowning]] while the [[manner of death]] as an unnatural death, but it couldn't be established whether it was a result of homicide, suicide, or an accident.<ref name=":28">{{Cite news|date=1 October 2020|title=La autopsia de Facundo Astudillo Castro: qué dice el informe|language=es-AR|work=[[Página 12]]|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/296094-la-autopsia-de-facundo-astudillo-castro-que-dice-el-informe}}</ref><ref name=":29">{{Cite news|date=1 October 2020|title=Autopsia. Facundo Astudillo Castro murió ahogado|language=es-AR|work=[[La Nación]]|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/seguridad/autopsia-facundo-astudillo-castro-murio-ahogado-nid2466803}}</ref> Algae matching the one sampled in the discovery place was found in the body.
== Disappearance ==
On 30 April 2020, Facundo Astudillo Castro left his house in Pedro Luro to Bahía Blanca (both cities located in the [[Buenos Aires Province]]) to visit his ex-girlfriend, trying to get back together. At this time the country was under a [[COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Argentina|strict lockdown]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Argentina|COVID-19 pandemic]], which required eligible persons to
At around 13 hours, the young man called his mother, stating: "Mom, you have no idea where am I at, you'll never see me again".<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":12">{{Cite news|date=7 August 2020|title=Búsqueda de Facundo Castro: investigarán los restos óseos hallados por los perros|language=es-AR|trans-title=Search for Facundo Castro: bone remains found by dogs will be investigated|work=[[Infobae]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/policiales/2020/08/07/busqueda-de-facundo-castro-investigaran-los-restos-oseos-hallados-por-los-perros/|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=9 August 2020|title="Única hipótesis", la desaparición forzada|language=es-AR|trans-title="Only hypothesis", a forced disappearance|work=[[El Día (La Plata)]]|location=La Plata|url=https://www.eldia.com/nota/2020-8-8-4-37-33--unica-hipotesis-la-desaparicion-forzada-policiales|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=25 July 2020|title=Para la familia Astudillo, nueve policías desplegaron el plan de desaparición y encubrimiento en cinco etapas|language=es-AR|trans-title=According to the Astudillo family, nine policemen deployed the disappearance and cover-up plan in five stages|work=[[Télam]]|url=https://www.telam.com.ar/notas/202007/494274-para-la-familia-astudillo-9-policias-desplegaron-plan-de-desaparicion-y-encubrimiento-en-5-etapas.html|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref>
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== Investigation ==
On 5 July, a formal missing persons [[Complaint|report]] was
On 17 June, Cristina Castro (his mother) reached out to Mayor Buratovich to witness a police operation, but five [[Police truck|trucks]]
On 25 June, the Federal System for the Search of Lost and Missing Persons became aware of the case and reported it to police and government agencies across the country through the systems of the federal [[Ministry of Security (Argentina)|Ministry of Security]].<ref name=":32">{{Cite news|last=Meyer|first=Adriana|date=14 July 2020|title=Amplían la búsqueda de Facundo con fuerzas federales|language=es-AR|trans-title=The search for Facundo is broadened with federal forces|work=[[Página 12]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/278287-amplian-la-busqueda-de-facundo-con-fuerzas-federales|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref>
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Also on 8 July, federal judge Gabriel Marrón took on the case, with the investigation being taken by prosecutor Santiago Ulpiano Martínez.<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{Cite news|date=6 August 2020|title=Búsqueda de Facundo Astudillo Castro: analizarán restos óseos y objetos hallados en un desagüe al costado de la Ruta 3|language=es-AR|trans-title=Search for Facundo Astudillo Castro: bone remains and objects found in a drain on the side of Route 3 will be analyzed|work=[[Infobae]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/policiales/2020/08/06/busqueda-de-facundo-astudillo-castro-analizaran-restos-oseos-y-objetos-hallados-en-un-desague-al-costado-de-la-ruta-3/|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> The Buenos Aires provincial police was removed from the investigation as it was under suspicions, and [[Adolfo Pérez Esquivel]] and [[Roberto Cipriano García]] (members of the Provincial Commission on Memory) were accepted as [[plaintiff]]s.<ref name=":8" />
On 11 July, and by request of the Provincial Commission on Memory, a UN committee demanded the Argentinian [[Sovereign state|State]] conduct an "expedite and
On 12 July, during a Buenos Aires police procedure looking for human remains in a Mayor Buratovich [[Landfill]], the family attorney was threatened by a police [[deputy commissioner]].<ref name=":322">{{Cite news|last=Meyer|first=Adriana|date=12 July 2020|title=Amenazan al abogado de la familia del desaparecido Facundo Castro|language=es-AR|trans-title=The family attorney of the disappeared Facundo Castro is threatened|work=[[Página 12]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/278097-amenazan-al-abogado-de-la-familia-del-desaparecido-facundo-c|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> Then, at the prosecutor's request, the provincial police left the scene to the federal police. No human remains were found that day.<ref name=":322" /> The deputy commissioner was discharged by order of Internal Affairs.<ref>{{Cite news|date=13 July 2020|title=Relevaron a un subcomisario acusado de amenazar al abogado de la familia de Facundo Astudillo Castro|language=es-AR|trans-title=A deputy commissioner was relieved accused of threatening the Facundo Astudillo Castro family attorney|work=[[Todo Noticias]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://tn.com.ar/policiales/relevaron-un-subcomisario-acusado-de-amenazar-al-abogado-de-la-familia-de-facundo-astudillo-castro_1093284|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=13 July 2020|title=La desaparición de Facundo: relevaron a un subcomisario por presuntas amenazas y comienza un rastrillaje por la Ruta 3|language=es-AR|trans-title=Facundo disappearance: a deputy commissioner was relieved from charge because of alleged threats and a search begins on the 3 Route|work=[[Infobae]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/policiales/2020/07/13/74-dias-despues-de-la-desaparicion-de-facundo-astudillo-castro-crecen-las-dudas-y-comienza-un-fuerte-rastrillaje-por-la-ruta-3-para-dar-con-el-paradero-del-joven/|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref>
Between the 14 and 15 of July, 200 members of the Federal Police, the [[Argentine Naval Prefecture|Naval Prefecture]] and the [[Argentine National Gendarmerie|National Gendarmerie]] conducted cross country and air
On 15 July, a [[Forensic science|forensic examination]] was conducted on police vehicles, in search of physical and biological traces, including blood and other DNA samples.<ref name=":10">{{Cite news|last=Segui|first=Sergio|date=20 July 2020|title=Caso Facundo Castro: se hicieron peritajes en vehículos, teléfonos y el libro de la comisaría».|language=es-AR|trans-title=Facundo Castro case: forensic examinations were made on vehicles, telephones and the police station's book|work=De la Bahía|location=Bahía Blanca|url=https://www.delabahia.com.ar/caso-facundo-castro-se-hicieron-peritajes-en-vehiculos-telefonos-y-el-libro-de-la-comisaria/|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref><ref name=":11">{{Cite news|date=20 July 2020|title=Desaparición de Facundo Castro Astudillo: continúan los rastrillajes|language=es-AR|trans-title=Disappearance of Facundo Castro Astudillo: the searches continue|work=[[Diario Río Negro]]|location=General Roca|url=https://www.rionegro.com.ar/desaparicion-de-facundo-castro-astudillo-continuan-los-rastrillajes-1436271/|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> Forensics on the policemen mobile phones using [[Universal Forensic Extraction Device]] (UFED) technology were requested, as well as an analysis on the Mayor Buratovich police station logbook, looking for any kind of manipulation to hide the detention of Facundo Astudillo Castro in that station.<ref name=":10" /><ref name=":11" /> Stains compatible with [[blood residue]] were found on the [[Trunk (car)|trunk]] of a police officer's personal vehicle and, on police [[pickup truck]] number 22788, stains on the [[glove compartment]], back seat and rear cargo box, as well as minor stains on the steering wheel.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Palavecino|first=Darío|date=17 July 2020|title=Caso Facundo Astudillo: hallan manchas compatibles con sangre en patrulleros y el auto de una policía|language=es-AR|trans-title=Facundo Astudillo case: blood compatible stains are found in police patrol and a policemen's personal vehicle|work=[[La Nación]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/seguridad/caso-facundo-astudillo-hallan-restos-sangre-patrulleros-nid2399083|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref><ref name=":16">{{Cite news|last=Bermúdez|first=Gabriel|date=17 July 2020|title=Detectan una conexión del celular de Facundo Astudillo Castro y encuentran sangre en uno de los patrulleros|language=es-AR|trans-title=A connection from Facundo's cellphone is detected, and blood is found in a police vehicle|work=[[Clarín (Argentine newspaper)|Clarín]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.clarin.com/policiales/detectan-conexion-celular-facundo-astudillo-castro-encuentran-sangre-patrulleros_0_4a49Goyt7y.html|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref><ref name=":17">{{Cite news|date=17 July 2020|title=Hallan rastros de sangre y señales del teléfono de Facundo Astudillo Castro en móviles de la policía|language=es-AR|trans-title=Blood residue and cellphone signals from Facundo's phone found in police vehicles|work=[[La Prensa (Buenos Aires)]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=http://www.laprensa.com.ar/491297-Hallan-rastros-de-sangre-y-senales-del-telefono-deFacundo-Astudillo-Castro-en-moviles-de-la-policia.note.aspx|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref>
On 17 July, Astudillo Castro's mobile provider informed that around 19 hours on March
Between the 25 and 27 of July, a new search was made, comprising the area between the entrance to the [[Villarino Partido|Villarino partido]] (department) and the Aguará train station. It also covered a part of National Route 3, and involved the use of canine units, Federal Police drones, and tactical divers from the National Prefecture.<ref name=":324">{{Cite news|date=27 July 2020|title=Facundo Astudillo: las fuerzas federales continúan con tareas de rastrillaje|language=es-AR|trans-title=Facundo Astudillo: federal forces continue the search|work=[[El Litoral]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.ellitoral.com/index.php/id_um/251189-facundo-astudillo-las-fuerzas-federales-continuan-con-tareas-de-rastrillaje-desaparecido-desde-el-30-de-abril-sucesos.html|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref><ref name=":325">{{Cite news|date=27 July 2020|title=Nuevo rastrillaje para dar con el paradero de Facundo|language=es-AR|trans-title=New search to find Facundo's whereabouts|work=[[Crónica (newspaper)|Crónica]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.cronica.com.ar/policiales/Nuevo-rastrillaje-para-dar-con-el-paradero-de-Facundo-20200725-0111.html|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref>
On 29 July, federal judge María Gabriela Marrón denied the request for prosecutor substitution, on the ground of considering it procedurally incorrect.<ref>{{Cite web|date=29 July 2020|title=File FBB 8604/2020/1|url=https://www.fiscales.gob.ar/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CAUSA-ASTUDILLO-CASTRO-RECHAZA-RECUSACI%C3%93N.pdf|website=[[Judiciary of Argentina]]|language=es-AR|access-date=13 August 2020|archive-date=14 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114033120/https://www.fiscales.gob.ar/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/CAUSA-ASTUDILLO-CASTRO-RECHAZA-RECUSACI%C3%93N.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On 31 July, a new search using canine units was performed in the Teniente Origone precinct, where in an abandoned cellblock an object that could belong to Astudillo Castro was found. His mother claims it was gifted to him by his grandmother.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Video of Search in the Teniente Origone precinct|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u86mhCh3OBM|website=[[La Nueva Provincia]]}}</ref><ref name=":3232">{{Cite news|last=Meyer|first=Adriana|date=4 August 2020|title=Encontraron un objeto igual a uno de Facundo Castro en la comisaría de Origone|language=es-AR|trans-title=An object just like one of Facundo Castro was found in the Origone precinct|work=[[Página 12]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/282615-encontraron-un-objeto-igual-a-uno-de-facundo-castro-en-la-co|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref><ref name=":20">{{Cite news|date=3 August 2020|title=La desaparición de Facundo: serán peritados los elementos secuestrados en el puesto policial de Teniente Origone|language=es-AR|trans-title=Disappearance of Facundo: elements seized in the Teniente Origone precinct will be analyzed|work=[[Ministerio Público (Argentina)|Attorneys general of Argentina]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.fiscales.gob.ar/violencia-institucional/la-desaparicion-de-facundo-seran-peritados-los-elementos-secuestrados-en-el-puesto-policial-de-teniente-origone/|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref><ref name=":3233">{{Cite news|last=Grimaldi|first=Ignacio|date=5 August 2020|title=El hallazgo de un objeto de Facundo Astudillo Castro, clave para esclarecer su desaparición|language=es-AR|trans-title=The finding of an object belonging to Facundo Astudillo Castro, key to clarifying his disappearance|work=[[CNN en Español]]|url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/hallazgo-objeto-facundo-astudillo-castro-clave-desaparicion-perspectivas-pkg-ignacio-grimaldi-perspectivas-buenos-aires/|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref><ref name=":15" />
On 7 August, and by request of the disappeared's family, new searches using canine units were performed in Mayor Buratovich, around the 780-kilometre mark of National Route 3. Burnt bone remains were found, which at the moment of the search could not be determined to belong to any person in particular.<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 August 2020|title=Astudillo Castro: serán peritados huesos hallados durante un intenso rastrillaje|language=es-AR|trans-title=Astudillo Castro: bones found during a harsh search will be analyzed|work=[[La Nación]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/seguridad/astudillo-castro-seran-peritados-huesos-hallados-durante-nid2415217|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref><ref name=":12" /><ref name=":3252">{{Cite news|date=8 August 2020|title=Madre de Facundo pide que amplíen rastrillaje en la zona donde encontraron huesos|language=es-AR|trans-title=Facundo's mother ask for the search to be broadened in the area where the bone remains were found|work=[[Crónica (newspaper)|Crónica]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.cronica.com.ar/policiales/Madre-de-Facundo-pide-que-amplien-rastrillaje-en-la-zona-donde-encontraron-huesos-20200808-0035.html|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref> The young man's family
On 8 August, it was revealed that the girlfriend and the brother of the disappeared had been threatened by the Buenos Aires provincial policemen in search of a confession
The disappeared's family made a second substitution request on the federal prosecutor, Santiago Ulpiano Martínez, on the 8th of August after he denied an arrest request on several policemen.<ref name=":18" /><ref name=":32322">{{Cite news|last=Meyer|first=Adriana|date=8 August 2020|title=Facundo Castro: Recusan por segunda vez al fiscal de la causa|language=es-AR|trans-title=Facundo Castro: a second substitution request made on the prosecutor|work=[[Página 12]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/283669-facundo-castro-recusan-por-segunda-vez-al-fiscal-de-la-causa|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref>
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== Body discovery ==
The [[autopsy]] report, published by the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team, established the [[cause of death]] as [[drowning]] while the [[manner of death]] as an unnatural death, but it couldn't be established whether it was a result of homicide, suicide, or an accident.<ref name=":28" /><ref name=":29" />
However, the analysis of the water [[diatom]]s (a form of [[algae]]) found in Astudillo Castro's marrow demonstrated clearly that he had not drowned in the location he was found. Of the 17 different types of diatoms found in the local water, only 5 were found present in Astudillo Castro's marrow.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laizquierdadiario.com/Caso-Facundo-Castro-el-informe-pericial-de-la-querella-que-desarma-el-encubrimiento|title=Caso Facundo Castro: El informe pericial de la querella que desarma el encubrimiento}}</ref> The [[Forensic dentistry|forensic dentist]] Marta Maldonado claimed that
== Suspects ==
Since the disappearance, four Buenos Aires provincial policemen are suspected, due to changes and contradictions in their statements. The two main suspects are Mario Gabriel Sosa and Jana Jennifer Curuhinca who arrested Astudillo Castro, took photos of him and his identity card during his arrest.<ref name="pagina12.com.ar">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pagina12.com.ar/290471-quien-es-quien-entre-los-policias-del-caso-facundo-castro|title = Quién es quién entre los policías del caso Facundo Castro | Falso testimonio, amenazas y pacto de silencio| date=7 September 2020 }}</ref> Sosa and Curuhinca appeared to be worried following Castro's
A police car had been circulating close to the location where Astudillo Castro's body was discovered, evidence that was obtained thanks to the police's geolocation system.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/policiales/2020/08/26/caso-facundo-un-patrullero-estuvo-en-la-zona-en-la-que-aparecio-el-cuerpo-el-mismo-dia-que-una-policia-sospechada-borro-el-whatsapp-de-su-celular/|title=Caso Facundo: Un patrullero estuvo en la zona en la que apareció el cuerpo el mismo día que una policía sospechada borró el WhatsApp de su celular|date=26 August 2020 }}</ref> This raises suspicions that police agents might have been involved in Facundo's death.
There are also allegations that some of the suspects tried to influence investigations. Sergeant Siomara Flores appears to have participated in the investigation of Facundo's death despite the fact that she is the half-sister of agent Curuhinca.<ref>Siomara Flores</ref> Agent Sosa was also identified by a member of Facundo's ex-girlfriend's family as being part of a police party that interrogated him, asked him to claim that Facundo was involved with drugs. The same person testified that both agent Sosa and agent Curuhinca were present in the interrogation and appeared very anxious,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laizquierdadiario.com/Excunado-de-Facundo-Castro-El-policia-Sosa-es-el-mismo-que-me-apreto-para-que-mienta|title = Excuñado de Facundo: "El policía Sosa es el mismo que quiso allanar ilegalmente mi casa"}}</ref> while the house of Facundo's ex-girlfriend was also
Despite the family requests on their arrest, the prosecutors office considers (as of 13 August) that there is not enough evidence to jail the policemen.<ref>{{Cite news|date=7 August 2020|title=Caso Facundo Astudillo Castro: según el fiscal, hasta ahora no hay indicios suficientes para incriminar a los policías por la desaparición del joven|language=es-AR|trans-title=Facundo Astudillo Castro case: according to the prosecutor, so far there is not enough evidence incriminating the police for the young man's disappearance|work=[[Infobae]]|location=Buenos Aires|url=https://www.infobae.com/sociedad/policiales/2020/08/08/caso-facundo-astudillo-castro-segun-el-fiscal-hasta-ahora-no-hay-indicios-suficientes-para-incriminar-a-los-policias-por-la-desaparicion-del-joven/|access-date=12 August 2020}}</ref><ref name=":25" />
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* [[Luciano Arruga]]
* [[List of cases of police brutality in Argentina]]
* [[List of solved missing person cases: post-2000|List of solved missing person cases]]
* [[List of unsolved deaths]]
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== External links ==
*[https://www.argentina.gob.ar/persona-buscada/astudillo-castro Official missing persons website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919065208/https://www.argentina.gob.ar/persona-buscada/astudillo-castro |date=19 September 2020 }} (in Spanish)
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