Puerto Deseado: the suspect went to buy wine after his release

Carlos Guajardo

02/23/2020 - 18:48

• Clarín.com
• Police

“' I don't remember ', that's what I repeated every time I was imprisoned. It was shielded in disease ”. According to the investigators of the case that shocks the Santa Cruz town of Puerto Deseado, that used to tell the police the main suspect every time he was arrested.

His record includes abuses, assaults, shooting at neighbors and even an attempted murder.

Omar Alvarado, 24, suffers from schizophrenia and was identified in a reconnaissance wheel as one of the participants in the attack and rape that Maria (44) suffered at Cavendish Beach. It is also suspected that he participated in the crime of the woman's son, Santino, 4 years old.

For the judge of instruction of Puerto Deseado, Oldemar Villa, the disease suffered by the only detainee "does not make it imputable" and that will be the subject of investigation.

March in Puerto Deseado for the crime of a 4-year-old boy and his mother's rape. Photo Marina Pacheco.

For now, it was known that among the criminal records he has, " several abuses, assault on his parents and even shot a neighbor ", although one of the most serious occurred a month ago.

Alvarado was delayed in January after being denounced for the " attempted homicide " of a small member of his family : he wanted to kill him with blows. Despite this, Justice released him.

On Friday, after recovering his freedom, a security camera registered when he went to buy wine at a business to meet with four friends on the sidewalk of the UOCRA premises, located on Piedrabuena street. It was at 23.25.

Alvarado was with the same jacket he had on the day he attacked the woman. It was blue and nylon.

The image of the security camera that shows Omar Alvarado, buying wine in a business, after the brutal attack in Puerto Deseado.

Seeing him with the group and recognizing him for the portraits that had begun to circulate, a person warned the police to stop him again.

According to the sources consulted by Clarín , every time he was arrested, the suspect said the same thing: " He was hiding in the disease and claimed that he did not remember anything."

Meanwhile, Alvarado now remains at a police headquarters in Caleta Olivia . To that city, which is about 214 kilometers north of Puerto Deseado, in the province of Santa Cruz, he was transferred this Sunday at dawn.

Horror in Puerto Deseado. One of the identikits that were made with the help of the victim.

The decision was made by the instruction judge of Puerto Deseado, Oldemar Villa, to avoid a possible reaction from the neighbors, who were marching again this Sunday to ask for Justice.

The magistrate plans to investigate it in the next few days while the situation of the other suspect, who is a minor, is resolved.

Judge Villa has a period of ten working days to investigate Alvarado, who in principle is charged with the crimes of " abduction , sexual abuse with carnal access , attempted femicide (in the case of women) and homicide (in the case of the baby) ".

The man was formally detained on Saturday night, after the victim identified him in a reconnaissance wheel.

Maria marked him as one of the two people who abducted her last Thursday when she was walking along Cavendish Beach with her son.

Then, the detainee sexually abused the woman, beat her and then would have participated in the crime of Santino with his accomplice: he was murdered on the head .

Horror in Puerto Deseado. There are two suspects described by the victim. One was identified in recognition wheel.

According to the Télam agency, it was a sister who reported him to Alvarado: he told investigators that he would have confessed to the crime and rape.

At the time of his arrest, he presented some sharp wounds that may have been defensive marks of the raped woman.

The other suspect

The suspected teenager was investigated by the judge late Sunday, after delaying the reconnaissance wheel that witnesses were going to participate who allegedly saw him walking along Cavendish Beach minutes after the attack.

Maria received 50 stitches on her head, assaults with a white weapon on her neck and blows all over her body.

"He constantly asks to see his son's body and also wants to take him to Salta and bury him," a judicial source told Clarin . But the experts who assist her oppose this happening because it would be "another blow to the woman."

Sunday's march, convened by social networks, went to the courthouse door. There the neighbors, who occupied about two blocks, went with the intention of supporting Maria, the victim. But also to complain about other cases of insecurity and homicides that have occurred in recent years in Puerto Deseado and Caleta Olivia.

In a wheelchair, this is how Maria arrived at the Puerto Deseado court to participate in the reconnaissance wheel.

" Maria, we apologize for having returned your son in a drawer, " was the phrase that was repeated constantly by the speakers, in addition to the requirement of the resignation of Judge Villa and harsh criticism of the political power of the province.

" Enough of impunity " and " Desired stand up " were the posters carried by the protesters. Some even asked that Gendarmerie be present to help security.

Among the protesters an urn circulated to make a collection for the family. Maria and her son had arrived from Salta to visit David, another son of the woman who is based in Puerto Deseado.

Port Desired, special envoy.

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