Murder of Ángel López: they demand the suspension of the psychologist who ordered the child to be handed over to the mother

The appointment of an independent forensic psychologist expert to audit the work of the complainant.

The institutional neglect was such that, in an audio recorded by López himself during a kindergarten meeting, the psychologist is heard accusing the father of generating “situations of violence” and “revictimization” when he tried to warn that his son “is not well”.

Faced with the father's desperate complaint stating that “they are not listening to me because of how my son is feeling”, the professional prioritized the bureaucratic attack over the protection

of the child.

This case not only puts Leiva, who already had a previous complaint from the Más Vida Foundation, under the spotlight, but also the management of the Rights Protection Service and Judge Pablo José Pérez, against whom the lawsuit has already announced that he will request an impeachment. While the

Professional Association of Psychologists of Chubut tries to defend the professional's actions, the reality of the 22 blows to Ángel's body exposes a brutal flaw in a system that seems more concerned with ideology than with life

A little more than a month after the aberrant crime of Ángel Nicolás López in Comodoro Rivadavia, the case has taken a decisive turn against the chain of state negligence. On May 8, 2026, the victim's father, Luis López, under the sponsorship of Dr. Roberto Castillo, filed a criminal complaint against Jennifer Grisel Leiva, a member of the Rights Protection Service, for the alleged crimes of non-performance of the duties of a public official and abandonment of a person followed by death

.

The seriousness of the case is exposed in the autopsy, which revealed that the 4-year-old boy died as a result of 22 internal blows.

According to the complaint, Leiva was responsible for preparing the technical reports that were “central” for Judge Pablo José Pérez to decide to take the possession of the father and hand over the child to his biological mother, Mariela Altamirano, and his partner, Maicol González, who are now serving preventive detention for the murder.

The complaint argues that the psychologist's intervention lacked the “minimum rigor required”, limiting herself to carrying out “desk interviews” without a “real assessment of the family environment or of the internal family dynamic” in which the child was going to remain. Faced with this situation, urgent precautionary measures have been requested from the

Public Prosecutor's Office:

The preventive suspension of Jennifer Grisel Leiva, arguing that “its continuity could hinder the clarification of evidence” and to avoid the “possibility of a situation similar to that of Ángel”

.

The prohibition that the professional can leave the country until their procedural situation is defined.