Behind bars in preventive detention for at least 120 days, was the accused of stabbing to death an 18-year-old in a Calbuco nightclub and leaving two friends of the fatal victim in serious condition. The deceased was the father of a 1 year and 8 month old baby.
Brutal was the fight unleashed at the closing of the discoteque The ritual, early on Sunday, January 16, in the Calbuco district, which was alarmed by the result of the brawl.
The massive nature of the conflict, in which 20 people participated and the use of sharp weapons, resulted in 4 people being injured, 3 of them seriously and one of whom died. The fatal victim was identified as Benjamin Soto 18 years old and father of a baby just 1 year and 8 months old, who lost his life following receiving multiple stab wounds.
From the Investigative Police, the head of the Homicide Brigade, Enrique Zamora, said that the young man intervened to defend a friend, commenting that the defendant also stabbed a trio of participants.
“Indeed, it is accredited by testimonies and evidence of his participation in at least the consummated homicide of the 18-year-old, and also the frustrated homicide of two other young men who were at the scene,” the detective said.
The person investigated as the perpetrator of the attacks hid at a friend’s house since he has no family in the area, until he prepared his bags to take transportation through an application, with the intention of boarding a bus to travel to the Bío Bío region. added the PDI officer, who also said that everything was circumstantial due to old grudges.
Meanwhile, Benjamin Soto’s sister, Daniela VargasHe asked for justice.
“Let the judge and the prosecution put a heavy hand on this. I am sure that at the national level (these things) happen every weekend, but they are not disclosed as one would like, or justice allows nothing to happen. I want justice to be done for my mom, for my dad; for his son, who is one year and eight months old, for his girlfriend,” he said.
Finally, the Deputy Prosecutor in Calbuco confirmed that the 24-year-old accused remained behind bars, in preventive detention, while the murder is being investigated.
“The defendant stabbed the victim in the chest and head, in addition to seriously injuring two other people, for which he is charged with the crime of simple homicide to a consummate degree, and two of simple manslaughter to a frustrated degree, both in author quality. For this reason, a preventive detention of 120 days was ordered, ”said the persecutor.
The El Ritual nightclub remains closed to the critical gaze of the neighbors and the municipality, where they are standing firm with the idea of not allowing its reopening.
