"My old man lived for work, he spent all day in the refrigerator and when
he finally decided to take a few days to go to the beach
, these sons of bitches assault him, want to steal his truck and shoot him to death," says Matías (23), one of the four children of Leonardo Antonio Quinteros (49), the owner of a refrigerator murdered on Wednesday during an assault in Merlo.
Leonardo already had his vehicle loaded to go on vacation to San Bernardo with his family.
Before hitting the road, he had to go through his refrigerator to look for a key that he had forgotten.
But when he opened the door of his house, in Pontevedra, he was attacked by thieves who shot him dead at point-blank range.
The murderers are at large.
From the funeral home in Merlo, Matías attends to
Clarín
.
"The whole family had insisted that he be distracted a little, to wet his paws in the sea, to see the sunlight.
The old man didn't think beyond his refrigerator
, he was very responsible, he had employees whom he cared for and when he told us he was traveling he made us happy.
Matías, who lives and works in Isidro Casanova, says that "
Conurbano is a Russian roulette
and I think we are all getting the idea that one day it will be our turn... This is how we live."
Crying is heard nearby.
"Excuse me, it's my daughter Milena (3) that I'm holding in my arms, my dad's only granddaughter. Mile is my old man's devotion, I can't speak in the past tense."
Matías curses the fact that he forgot some keys to his house in the refrigerator, which Leonardo was going to look for, when he was ambushed by the murderers.
"Now that I'm talking to you,
I should be talking to him and he should tell me about his first day at the beach...
And I have him in a drawer with a bullet," he spits out rage and pain.
They killed Leonardo Quinteros to steal his truck when he was about to go on vacation with his family.
"I was going out to the refrigerator to look for some keys to give to a brother of mine, who was going to feed his dogs on the days Dad was at the beach. He wanted not to waste time and left early, at a time of day that was still ( criminals) are fishing.
Those damn keys...
".
Matías finds it difficult to speak, he says that he needs to say goodbye to Leonardo, his father, he urgently needs to come to his senses about what happened.
"A young guy, he had his whole life ahead of him. He taught me how to work when I was young, thanks to him I was able to have a cold cuts market and although it was not the same field,
we had work things in common that kept us in touch.
There was never a lack of a little mate together. I can't believe I have it here dead in a drawer."
How was the crime
The murder occurred at 5:30 in the morning, in Otamendi and Olaya, at the door of the house of
Leonardo
, owner of a pork refrigerator.
The man was leaving his house with his truck already loaded.
He had to go right to his company to look for a key that he had left forgotten inside and go back to look for his family to start the trip.
It was at that moment when a group of thieves appeared, he was executed with at least one shot by criminals who escaped after taking his blue
Volkswagen Amarok
truck .
The vehicle was found abandoned a few hours later abandoned in
Virrey del Pino, La Matanza
.
The Amarok was loaded with the things the family was going to take on vacation.
At the request of the prosecutor, the truck was seized to search for traces of the murderers.
The businessman murdered in Merlo was 49 years old and was about to go on vacation to San Bernardo.
Photo @TripoloneDaniel
"I was preparing everything inside the house when I heard a couple of shots at the door. When I came out,
I found Leonardo lying on the floor and covered in blood
," said the victim's girlfriend, almost in a state of shock.
The woman explained that they were going on vacation to San Bernardo.
Minutes later, police sources confirmed that Quinteros was shot in the stomach, on the right side.
Police experts found
a 9 mm sheath
at the scene .
"He owned a refrigerator and a worker"
"We don't know how many criminals there were; they shot him and he was left at the door of the house. We don't know anything else, the Scientific (Police) is there and they are investigating," the man confirmed.
When referring to Quinteros, Damián assured that he owned a refrigerator located in Rafael Castillo, in La Matanza and that
"he did nothing but work
. "
"He was a working guy, a guy who gave work to many people, the entire neighborhood worked with him, I don't know how many employees he had, about 40," added the employee, who recalled that the victim "had already suffered some robberies."
Damián said that the victim had four children, one of whom was on vacation and is now returning, adding that he was also on vacation and was about to embark on a trip.
Shortly before the attack, Quinteros had left a voice message for his nephew, with whom he worked at the refrigerator, to let him know that he had forgotten a key to his house in the store.
It is believed that after that communication he was ambushed and murdered.
The case is being handled by prosecutor Fernando Capello, from the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) 2 of Morón.
The 5th Police Station of Pontevedra is also working on the investigation.
Investigators were reviewing the images from the cameras at the scene to identify the murderers.
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