Roof collapses killing four sons of woman with boyfriend charged with manslaughter

Investigators found that Catalino Daniel Lopez had stored the building materials directly above the boys' bedroom just hours before they crashed. collapse in El Jaguel, Argentina

Santino, Lorenzo and twins Benicio and Noah all died after the collapse (

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Builder faces manslaughter charges after discovering that five tonnes of rubble he had hidden on the roof of his home caused it to collapse, killing his girlfriend's four sons .

Catalino Daniel Lopez, 51, owned the house in El Jaguel, Argentina, and allegedly used the flat roof of the property as a warehouse.

Police say the roof collapsed under the weight of rubble on January 8.

Lopez's girlfriend's four sons, four-year-old twins Benicio and Noah Nisi and their brothers Lorenzo del Rio, six, and Santino Hardoy, 10, were crushed in the collapse.

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Investigators later discovered that approximately "five tons of rubble" had been stored on the flat concrete slab roof of the house.

This, they said, had probably caused his collapse.

The four brothers died after the roof of the house collapsed (

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Lopez faces manslaughter charges and, at the time of writing, was exercising his right to remain silent.

Grieving mum Pamela Nisi - now receiving counseling after witnessing the tragedy - took to social media to write: 'Who can take this pain away from me?'

She continued, "I can't take it anymore, why is life unfair to me? Please I can't take it anymore. I miss you, my Lolo, my Santi and my babies ."