Umma Crime: First Detainee Released for Lack of Evidence

The first detainee for the murder of Umma Aguilera, the 9-year-old daughter of a guard of Security Minister Patricia Bullrich, committed on Monday of last week during an assault in Lomas de Zamora, was released on Monday due to lack of evidence, so four suspects remain in prison in the case. According to judicial sources and his defense lawyer, it is Patricio Valentín García (22), regarding whom the prosecutor of Instruction of Lomé Pablo Rossi, in charge of the file, considered that the evidence gathered so far does not support his detention. Ramon Salto, Garcia’s lawyer, explained that when they opened the suspects’ cell phones, investigators determined, among other things, that this young man had no link to the other defendants, according to Télam. The boy had nothing to do with it,” emphasized the lawyer, who had requested security camera images of where the young man was at the time of the crime and a biometric expert to compare him with the other suspects to prove his innocence. “They were looking for four and now they have four,” the lawyer said. According to judicial sources, prosecutor Rossi considered that evidence had emerged that would indicate that he did not participate in the crime, so he asked the Justice of Guarantees of Lomas de Zamora to cease the detention of García.On the contrary, and with respect to the other co-defendants detained, the prosecutor’s office understands that, at least for the time being, He has evidence to support his direct involvement in the incident under investigation.

Original source in Spanish