09/01/2021 1:21 PM
Clarín.com
Police
Updated 09/01/2021 1:22 PM
Neighbors made the complaint after hearing the screams in an apartment on the 46th floor of Monoblock 12 in the neighborhood known as "Fuerte Apache", in Ciudadela.
When the police arrived, the man was dead.
"I have to kill my father as an offering to San La Muerte to be free," said the only accused of the crime: his own son.
Everything happened this Tuesday night at the intersection of Avenida Militar and San Ignacio, in the Ejército de los Andes neighborhood.
The 28-year-old, with addiction problems and a violent history
, had repeatedly threatened his father, who lived in 1 ° C.
The neighbors declared this when the police arrived to verify what had happened inside the complex.
Carlos Alberto Duarte (50) had a neck wound and was lying on the ground, surrounded by a pool of blood.
Inside the house they found a kind of makeshift knife, with a white handle and a metal blade tied at one end.
That, they suspect, would have been the murder weapon.
Inside was his son, also named Carlos Duarte, but 28 years old, still bathed in blood from the attack.
When they asked him what had happened, he only managed to recognize the crime and assign it to an "offering to San La Muerte."
He was immediately detained, although he has not yet declared before the prosecutor Ignacio Correas, of the UFI No. 5 of San Martín, that he will be investigated for the crime of
"aggravated homicide."
The young man is in a cell at the 3 ° de Tres de Febrero Police Station and faces a life sentence for the crime he committed.
His confession - they clarified - is not valid in the judicial file and that is why the statement before the prosecutor will be key.
However, they will also request a psychological evaluation to determine if you were conscious when you committed the crime and if you were responsible for your actions.
The victim, who was married with other children, died on the spot.
An autopsy is also expected this Thursday to determine the cause of death and the details of the attack.
Who is Saint La Muerte?
San la Muerte is a popularly venerated entity in South America.
His images are replicated in tattoos, charms, solid figurines made of wood, plaster, lead and even bones.
For his devotees, invoking him is not only a way to seek protection, but also to ask for help against an enemy, with the power to punish him for his attacks or aggressions.