2023-10-28 02:06:50
Jorge Marcelo Sosa, identified as the perpetrator of the shooting, Miguel Franco Livello, Miguel “Ruso” Auer’s friend and brain of the gang, and Jorge Falconi were declared responsible as co-authors of the crime of murder tripled aggravated by the use of a firearm, with the premeditated participation of two or more people and for having been committed by failing to achieve the proposed goal when attempting to commit another crime, all of this in real competition for attempted robbery aggravated by the use of firearm. In the case of Gabriel Castrothe jury found him guilty of the crime of homicide during robbery.
That was the verdict of the popular jury, which It took just 90 minutes. in deciding on a case that sued nine grueling hearingsthe last of them dedicated to the very long arguments of the prosecution and the defense of the accused.
While the forewoman of the jury was reading the verdict, Auer’s relatives that followed all the days began to cry in one sector of the room, while in the other the relatives and friends of the accused did so.
In the end, when the room was almost empty, the chief homicide prosecutor, Agustín García, He hugged the victim’s ex-wife, daughter and brother. It was 10:15 p.m. on Friday and everyone had arrived at the Judicial City before 8:30.
How was the verdict
The verdict of the popular jury It was different according to each defendant..
This is because the prosecution and defense reach agreement on instructions that they impart to citizens. These include a sort of menu of crimes, from the most serious to the less seriousalways within what was the accusation sustained in the trial. The jury must decide which ones were proven.
Jorge Marcelo Sosa (52) It was found unanimously guilty as co-author of homicide aggravated by the use of weapons, by the premeditated collaboration of two or more people, and attempted robbery aggravated by the use of weapons. By 9 votes, responsible for homicide committed to hide another crime.
Miguel Franco Level (Auer’s relatives They applauded when they heard the verdict), was found responsible as necessary participant homicide aggravated by the use of weapons (9 votes); for the premeditated contest (12 votes, unanimity), for having been committed to conceal another crime (10 votes) and for attempted aggravated robbery (10 votes).
Jorge Alberto Falconi while it was declared unanimously responsible of co-author of homicide aggravated by premeditated participation; by 11 votes for the use of weapons, by 10 votes for having been committed to conceal another crime, and by 11 votes responsible for attempted aggravated robbery.
For all three the sentence is life imprisonment, and will be set at an upcoming hearing before technical judge Cristian Piana.
In respect of Gabriel Castrothe popular jury found him guilty by 11 votes of homicide during robbery, which has a minimum sentence of 13 years and 4 months in prison.
The prosecution’s theory of the case
Chief Prosecutor García’s theory of the case was that the “Russian” Auer was sentenced to death. The gang that arrived at his bunker on the third floor of 9 de Julio 43, in the heart of Neuquén, was determined not to leave him alive because they knew that would effortlessly discover who were the perpetrators of the robbery that they ultimately might not determine that noon on October 24, 2022.
The merchant was shot and died on November 4.
The attack is filmed by surveillance cameras in the building and the victim’s office. That was the tip that opened the investigation and allowed us to find the suspects, now convicted.
The rest did monitoring of 21 surveillance cameras installed in the street, which allowed the band’s route through the city center to be reconstructed; telephone crossings; las you listen and the geolocation of cell phones.
Faced with a crime without eyewitnessesthe maximum was used to technology for clarification.
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