03/07/2021 18:29
Clarín.com
Police
Updated 03/07/2021 18:38
The town of Los Hornos, neighboring La Plata, became infamous in 1997 with the murder of photojournalist José Luis Cabezas.
From there, there were four accused of the crime of the News Magazine worker, hence the nickname of the "horneros" that was given to Sergio Gustavo González, José Luis Auge, Horacio Anselmo Braga and Héctor Miguel Retana.
They were all sentenced to life in the first trial, although as of 2003 their sentences were reduced by the "2x1" law and they received morigeration from prison.
All are free, except for Retana, who died of AIDS in 2001. "
I was very stoned and very drunk,
" Auge then excused himself regarding his participation in the homicide.
The oldest of the "horneros", now 54 years old, was released at the end of 2004, after serving only 7 of the 16 years of sentence, in exchange for 20 thousand pesos of bail.
His last name is still linked to the crime.
He spent in February 2019 with his son José Luis (34), accused of several robberies and attempted murder.
And now it happened with another of his children, Braian Funes (24), who bears his mother's surname and was arrested this Saturday after robbing a kiosk, where he came to throw a knife at the employee who did not reach his destination.
The moment when Brain Funes, son of the "baker" José Luis Auge, throws the knife at the kiosk.
Braian was barely 79 days old when his father kidnapped Cabezas
(35) in Pinamar and took him to a General Madariaga cellar, where the police officer Gustavo Prellezo would kill him, with two bullets in the neck, after making him kneel.
A photo on the beach of the powerful and enigmatic businessman Alfredo Yabrán had been the "sin" of the victim.
The assault, which was recorded by the local security cameras, took place shortly before 3:30 p.m. at the kiosk located on Calle 60 between 133 and 134, the main entrance avenue to the Los Hornos shopping center, an area where there is always a lot of movement of people.
The 25-year-old employee did not resist, although Auge threw a knife at her.
"I managed to throw the body back in time, if he didn't stick the knife in my chest," said the victim, who ran and locked herself in the bathroom.
"
I'm going to cut it all off
," the offender warned him.
The posting of Braian Funes (24), son of the "hornero" José Luis Auge.
Auge took the cash register and a computer.
He crossed 60th avenue with the loot, but the neighbors ran him away, tackled him and managed to get the things back.
Finally, staff from the 3rd police station.
de Los Hornos caught him in the Las Vías settlement, very close to his house, where his accomplices in the crime historically gather.
According to police sources, Braian had committed two more robberies minutes earlier.
In addition, he
had been released from jail just over a month
after serving a sentence for assault.
Braian Funes (24), son of the "hornero" José Luis Auge, detained in La Plata.
The officers who communicated the news to Auge Sr. say that he told them: "
I don't know what to do with him anymore. Don't let him go anymore
."
On social media, Auge had posted in prison and after being released.
"
Freedom is priceless, jail is not forever, you know. You will
be able to compare me, but never equal me
. I went back to the streets again, happy with the family that touched me, who helped me and who were in those days of confinement
", Indian.
In addition, he maintained: "
Today I have to face the street again, I will be a better person with those who were good and cursed with those who were bad with me. The one who laughs last laughs better. Silver and fear I never had and I will not have Never. You learn from mistakes.
In Los Hornos I'm going to die
. "
The investigation for this case is in charge of the prosecutor Bettina Lacki, of the UFI N ° 2 of La Plata.
EMJ
