Lautaro Ezequiel Romero
's family
can't stop crying for him.
The 18-year-old boy was stabbed to death three times in General Rodríguez when he was returning from night school, to steal his cell phone.
This Monday, very early, they gathered in front of the Municipality headquarters to demand justice.
"He is a son who did not deserve what they have done," lamented his father, Luis Romero (46).
Lautaro was the youngest of his six children.
For the man, the accused of the crime - he was filmed by the security cameras and was arrested - "did that because
he recognized him
, and to prevent him from accusing him of the robbery he was committing, he murdered him in cold blood."
Lautaro Romero (18) was murdered in General Rodríguez to steal his cell phone.
"He was the last of our children, just turned 18 (NdR: December 25), he really liked working, studying, he was planning to enter the School of Architecture next year, he wanted to be an architect, his dream was to be architect, he was humble, healthy", he described it in dialogue with the
Telefe
channel .
Regarding the suspect, identified as Aaron Taborda (29), he expanded: "We knew him by sight because he was always here in the neighborhood, we know who he is. He liked to
steal, commit crimes more than work, than sacrifice himself like us
."
For Luis, there is no doubt that Taborda "killed him because Lautaro recognized him."
The suspect in the crime was arrested.
The district mayor, Mauro García (Frente de Todos), went out to speak with the victim's family in the middle of the protest and
received some reproaches
.
"We have requested the largest number of reinforcements, we are doing absolutely everything to guarantee security, but this was a fact that was clarified in 16 hours," said the community chief, who said he had asked the province's Security Minister, Sergio Berni , more police in the area.
The investigation was left in the hands of the 10th Prosecutor of Moreno-General Rodríguez, Gabriela Urrutia, who ordered the arrest of the suspect for "
homicide criminis causae
".
Taborda used to work with Lautaro's older brother in a waste collection company.
He lives just 12 blocks from the teenager's house and the place where he committed the crime on Thursday night at the corner of Caseros and Estrada streets.
Police from the Departmental Investigations Delegation (DDI) carried out a search in Maestro Argentino and Salta and captured him.
The mayor of General Rodríguez, Mauro García, in the middle of the protest for the crime of Lautaro Romero (18).
TV Capture
According to
Télam
, after leaving the house handcuffed, some neighbors yelled at him: "
I hope you rot in jail
" and "
Justice for Lautaro
."
The victim repeated a year of high school during the pandemic, she never adapted to the virtual modality during the period of confinement and that is why she had decided to finish her studies at a night school.
During the day she worked doing maintenance tasks at a neighbor's house and at night she went to school.
He also liked to play soccer and this Friday, hours after he was murdered, he had a game that he had been organizing for weeks.
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