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Miguel Ángel Pierri’s son breaks his silence on the remark that changed the Mangeri case

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Juan Ignacio Pierri recalled interrupting his father’s 2013 television interview while Miguel Ángel Pierri represented Jorge Mangeri, the main suspect in the Ángeles Rawson case.
  • The child’s remark, “But, idiot, he killed Ángeles,” quickly drew public attention and, according to Pierri, changed the case’s public trajectory.
  • Mangeri received a life sentence in 2015 after being convicted of murdering 16-year-old Ángeles Rawson.

“But, idiot, he killed Ángeles.” Juan Ignacio Pierri was six when he interrupted his father’s live television interview with that blunt accusation, creating one of the most remembered moments in the media coverage of the Ángeles Rawson case.

But, idiot, he killed Ángeles.

· Juan Ignacio PierriHe interrupted his father’s live television interview in 2013 while discussing Mangeri’s innocence.

More than a decade later, Pierri revisited the incident on the television program Puro Show. His father, lawyer Miguel Ángel Pierri, was representing Jorge Mangeri, the building superintendent and main suspect in the murder case. When the presenter asked about Mangeri’s innocence, the child suddenly said what he had heard on television.

Pierri said his parents had brought him to the interview on the condition that he remain quiet and behave. “My parents took me on the condition that I wouldn’t say anything and that I would behave. I ended up saying what I had heard,” he recalled. He said the information did not come from private conversations with his father, who kept his professional life separate from home. Instead, Pierri absorbed it from the television reports he watched, including appearances by journalist Eduardo Feinmann.

My parents took me on the condition that I wouldn’t say anything and that I would behave. I ended up saying what I had heard.

· Juan Ignacio PierriHe explained how the childhood television appearance led to his unexpected remark.

He believes the moment altered the public atmosphere around the case. “My statement changed everything, honestly. I sometimes didn’t realize what had happened, but thanks to that statement the case turned around because Mangeri wasn’t doing badly, he wasn’t the main target,” Pierri said. Public pressure grew, he added, with people calling for the child to speak because children tell the truth.

My statement changed everything, honestly. I sometimes didn’t realize what had happened, but thanks to that statement the case turned around because Mangeri wasn’t doing badly, he wasn’t the main target.

· Juan Ignacio PierriHe described the effect he believes his televised comment had on public perceptions of the case.

Jorge Mangeri was sentenced to life in prison in July 2015 after the Criminal Court No. 9 found him guilty of the femicide of 16-year-old Ángeles Rawson. Pierri also described his relationship with his father as cordial but distant, saying his father had treated him badly at times, while his mother had taken primary responsibility for raising him.

My declarations changed the case a great deal and, well, it ended as it had to, with Mangeri in prison.

· Juan Ignacio PierriHe reflected on the case’s eventual outcome after Mangeri’s conviction.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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