After spending half a century behind bars, Carlos Eduardo Robledo Puch and his lawyer, Jorge Alfonso, They do not lose hope that “The Angel of Death” will regain his freedom. In this sense, the lawyer requested his conditional release in case he is not granted house arrest.
Puch was arrested on February 4, 1972 at the age of 20, a few hours following committing his last two murders. After spending five decades in prison, something unprecedented in Argentina, the convicted man, who is now 71, understands that his release is taking shape. Along these lines, his lawyers requested that Room I of the Appeals Chamber of San Isidro your parole if home detention is not granted.
In this regard, the lawyers are covered by article 13 of the Penal Code, which indicates that “a person sentenced to imprisonment or life imprisonment who has served 35 years of sentence (…) may be released by judicial decision”.
Weakened, skinny and with difficulty walking: this is how Robledo Puch spends his days in jail
in dialogue with Argentine Newsthe lawyer, who seems to be the first professional that Puch trusts, stated that “Robledo does not want to die in jail”. In addition, he indicated that his client’s wish “as soon as he goes out” is to eat a barbecue.
Regarding his sentence, he affirmed that the Court of Appeals “You have to release him because the detention is already arbitrary”. In case of receiving a legal setback, he announced that he will continue to insist that the “Angel of Death” get his freedom, because he considers that he “already paid with this sentence” for the homicides.
The judges of Appeals Chamber 1 of San Isidro, made up of Oscar Roberto Quintana and Ernesto García Maañón, will be in charge of resolving the situation of the “Black Angel”. In addition, a person presented himself as a guarantee to receive it in a house.
The “Black Angel” was sentenced on November 27, 1980 to “life imprisonment with the accessory imprisonment for an indefinite period” by Chamber I of the San Isidro Chamber, which found him guilty of 11 homicides, among other crimes.
Robledo Puch’s prison journey began in Penal Unit 9 of La Plata, where he was housed from 1972 to 1981, the year in which he was transferred to Unit 2 of Sierra Chica. He remained there until May 23, 2019, when he was admitted to the Olavarría municipal hospital for “multifocal pneumonia.” Five days later, he was discharged and transferred to Unit 22 in Olmos, where the prison hospital operates.
After his recovery, He was transferred to Unit 26 of the same district, where he is currently staying. This establishment is a prison that has no walls but a perimeter fence and only houses inmates who are not serving sentences for serious crimes or are close to being released. Most of the prisoners are over 60 years of age.
This is not the first time that Puch has demanded his freedom. In this regard, on June 5, 2008, the court denied his request since they considered that the convicted person continued to be a danger to society. Along these lines, prior to hearing his sentence on November 27, 1980, the murderer had said before a judicial expert: “Someday I’m going to go out and kill them all”.
The crimes of the “Angel of Death”
The “Black Angel” was sentenced on November 27, 1980 to “life imprisonment with the additional imprisonment for an indefinite period” by Room I of the Chamber of San Isidro, which found him guilty of 11 homicides. Likewise, he was convicted of attempted qualified homicide, repeated simple robbery, qualified robbery, qualified rape, qualified attempted rape, repeated kidnapping, indecent abuse, repeated simple robbery and damage.
The murder, robbery and rape saga started in may 1971 in the northern area of the suburbs and had as first accomplice to Jorge Ibáñezwhom he met at the age of 16 and who died the following August in an alleged car accident in which Robledo Puch was also involved.
The crimes continued along with his second accomplice, Héctor Somozawho was the last victim of the “Black Angel” in February 1972. This fact provided the Police with the main evidence to locate the murderer. In the pocket of Somoza’s shirt, whom he killed with the torch they used to break into the safes, they found Puch’s identity document.
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The first homicide adjudicated to Robledo Puch occurred on May 3, 1971 and his victim, José Bianchi, was a night watchman from a parts store in Vicente López. The man was shot to death while his wife was shot and raped in the same act.
Some days following, May 14, the “Angel of Death” and Ibáñez shot dead the night watchman of a bowling alley in Olivos, Manuel Godoy, and also the manager of the premises, Pedro Mastronardi, whom they surprised asleep. The next victim would be Juan Scattone, a night watchman from a supermarket also in Olivos, who was riddled with bullets on May 24. In addition, the murderers toasted with whiskey over his corpse.
He June 13th, Virginia Rodríguez was kidnapped, raped and shot to death on the side of the Pan-American Highway. She was followed by Ana María Dinardo, who the June 24 she was kidnapped at the exit of a nightclub in Olivos to suffer the same fate as Rodríguez.
A few months later, on August 5, Ibáñez died in a suspected car accident which also involved Robledo Puch. The “Black Angel” would find a new accomplice: Héctor Somoza.
He November 15Both murdered Raúl Del Bene, a guard at a Boulogne supermarket. Two days later, the November 17They riddled Juan Rozas, a watchman at a car dealership. A week later, the November 25They murdered another car agency night watchman, Bienvenido Ferrini.
He February 3, 1972 the duo shot Manuel Acevedo in a hardware store. However, due to a fight Robledo Puch killed his accomplice with a torch. That same day the Police arrested the murderer, who was 20 years old at the time. Since then he has remained in prison, except for 68 hours in which he was a fugitive following fleeing from the Olmos prison in 1973, to later be recaptured.
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