SPAIN.- Priscilla Lara GuevaraMexican imprisoned in Spain, will be expelled for seven years from the country in exchange for the sentence he has yet to serve for a famous wine robbery committed in a luxury restaurant in 2021 in the company of a man, also arrested.
The expulsion, decided by the Provincial Court of Caceres at the request of his lawyer, is “imminent,” according to the statement of the lawyer, Juan José Collado. The court has already sent the relevant documentation to the Police Immigration Unit Spanish and the Cáceres prison where she is imprisoned.
“Once (Priscila) crosses the border of Spain, She is a free citizen“, the lawyer said.
The same substitution of sentence was also requested for the other convicted of the robbery. Romanian-Dutch Constantin Dumitrua request that has not yet received a judicial response.
In 2021, the couple stole 45 bottles of wine valued at 1.6 million euros (more than 33 million pesos).
According to one of the owners of the Atrio hotel-restaurant, It was a “commission” and the price indicated was “relative”, since depends on a “historical and sentimental” value.
In March 2023, the Cáceres Court sentenced Dumitru and Guevara to four and a half years and four years in prison, according to a sentence later ratified by the Supreme Court.
In addition, they were also sentenced to pay compensation to the insurance company responsible for the case, paying the amount of 753 thousand 454 (almost 16 million pesos) paid by the company that owns the restaurant, which has three Michelin stars.
The man and the woman were extradited to Spain from Croatiawhere they were detained at the end of July 2022 at a border post with Montenegro.
This is how the expensive wine was stolen
According to the verdict, the defendants decided that the woman would stay at the hotel on October 26, 2021, a place they knew in advance. The reservation was only for her and she made it with a false Swiss passport.
Later, the man arrived at the hotel for dinner and check-in without checking inAfter dinner at the restaurant, they had a guided tour of the winery and then they went up to the room.
At night, the Mexican woman called the front desk to order a salad. The only employee said that I was alone and the kitchen was closedin addition to feeling strange, given that they had dined on a menu of 14-course tasting.
At the woman’s insistence, he told her that It would take at least 20 minutes in bringing him food.
When the employee went to the kitchen, the Mexican’s companion took the opportunity to show up at the receptionwhere took an electronic key to open the winery, but it was not the right one.
So, He called the woman so that he would return to entertain the receptionistShe called the front desk again, and requested a dessertwhich the employee brought to him.
The man returned to the reception and, from a box, grabbed the key with which he was able to open the cellar to take the bottles and bring them up to the room in several bags. Both of them left the hotel in a hurry in the early morning.
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2024-08-28 20:41:32
