The man accused of stabbing his ex-partner to death while working in the Angaco cemetery, in the province of Santa Juan,
turned himself
in at dawn this Sunday
and was detained
after remaining on the run for three days and after receiving messages in which he admitted to the
crime. by Yanina Pérez de la Vega
.
This is
Ariel Omar Pérez (38)
, who was arrested after appearing at the headquarters of the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) 3 for Special Crimes, located in Villa Cabecera, in the provincial department of Angaco.
According to police sources informed Télam, the man was transferred to police station 20 where the necessary procedures were carried out and then he was housed at the headquarters of the Crimes Division, at the provincial Police Headquarters.
"El Bebe", "Bebo" or "Guascazo" Pérez, the nicknames that emerged from the
multiple attacker
who had already served a sentence for attacking another woman and who would be the author of the stabbing murder of his ex, while she was working at the local cemetery, will be investigated by prosecutor Adrián Riveros.
He is accused of
murder doubly aggravated by the bond
, to the detriment of his ex-partner, Yanina Pérez de la Vega (42), which carries a sentence of life imprisonment.
An employee of the municipality of Angaco, the woman was murdered with five stab wounds last Thursday around 10:30 when she was carrying out
cleaning tasks
at her job, located about 25 kilometers from the capital of the province of San Juan.
As confirmed by prosecutor Riveros to the press, the victim was apparently attacked there by her ex-partner, so she began to scream, to which
co-workers helped her and took her to a hospital
in the area, where she died as a result of her injuries. received.
The Angaco cemetery, in San Juan, scene of a femicide.
Municipality photo
After the crime, witnesses recognized the aggressor, so the police went out in search of him.
According to the forensic report released by the San Juan Police, the victim's body presents
five puncture wounds
: one in the right breast, measuring 3 centimeters;
another in the right hemithorax of the same length;
another in the abdomen area, 5 centimeters;
a fourth in the left hemithorax and the remaining ribs, in the left area.
Yanina Pérez, the woman murdered in a San Juan cemetery.
Pérez de la Vega also had cutting injuries on his cheek and left hand, so it is believed that it was the product of a defensive movement.
A femicide who had served two sentences in prison for attacking women
Investigation sources assured that Pérez has a criminal record linked to at least one case of gender violence.
In an eleven-page ruling, the Fifth Correctional Court of San Juan approved on October 20,
2020 an abbreviated trial
in which the prosecution and the defense agreed to a sentence of
one year in prison for effective compliance
for the crime of "
minor injuries."
aggravated by the link".
This event occurred on January 14, 2020, when the man, who
had been released from prison in December 2019
after serving another previous sentence also lasting one year,
attacked an ex-concubine
when she arrived home.
In turn, in the ruling, the man was declared
a repeat offender due to his criminal record
.
This Saturday, chat communications from Ariel Pérez emerged, in which he was given a brutal confession about Yanina's femicide.
"I got tired of that filthy thing and I stabbed it five times," he said in a WhatsApp audio.
D.S.