Romina Camejo
(26) is the woman arrested accused of killing Uruguayan businessman Gonzalo Aguiar (46) with a shot in the chest in
Punta del Este
.
Carrier of a stunning figure,
a fan of weapons and luxury cars
, the young woman presents herself on her social networks as a singer.
She there, she too, she boasts the luxuries of a life that has now become famous for a police case with all the spices.
"First training
," wrote "Romi" when he posted a series of videos in which he shows himself shooting a rifle and a pistol.
"Opa, opa, what gave birth to him," he comments when he shows the cardboard with 15 shots, 13 of them in the human figure.
The publication is from July 22, 2022 but strikingly it appears
edited 3 weeks ago.
"Let's see how it went?" he asks in the second, when he shows the shots with a pistol.
"Alright, all in," the instructor says.
The cardboard, which shows that it was used in different series of shots, shows 22 bullets on target,
most of them in the figure's chest
, and 8 outside, near the head.
Porsche, BMW, Lamborghini are some of the car brands with which she is seen posing and driving.
In one of the photos on "Romi's" Instagram from exactly three years ago you could already see the
gray and black Lamborghini Huracan
that the Uruguayan media spread as part of the coverage of the case.
Camejo's Lamborghini that was parked at the crime scene.
Photo The Observer
At first it was thought that Aguiar had arrived in that car to the house where the crime occurred, located in Mar del Coral and Mar Chiquita, but that was not the case.
The coupe has been parked with a dent in the front spoiler on the left side and the wheels bent to the right for several days, according to residents of the Cantegril neighborhood of Punta del Este.
"Romi" during shooting practice with a rifle.
Instagram photo
Outside of the eccentricities of material things, where there is also room for yachts, jet skis, mansions, trips and even flights on private planes, "Romi" has a passion and a dream in which he perseveres: music.
"SINGING IS WHAT I AM!" she posted in October 2019 along with photos of a show surrounded by musicians.
Some of the songs that are encouraged to be shared on the networks are covers of pop singers in Spanish.
Camejo defines herself as a singer.
Instagram photo
In October 2022 he had participated in the
Latino Music Awards
that were held in Bogotá, Colombia.
There she introduced herself as "Romi Camejo."
And she said that she was "extremely happy" to return to music, an activity that she had not dedicated herself to since "before the pandemic."
"I feel like a fish in water," she said in that interview in which she also dared to sing some verses a cappella.
A month after that appearance in Colombia, "Romi" married Aguiar.
"This is the man I decided to spend my entire life with. His little face and loving eyes explain why I chose him and continue to choose him for the rest of my days...
"
The marriage of Romina Camejo and Gonzalo Aguiar.
Instagram photo
Curiously, that was the last photo with the controversial Uruguayan medical cannabis businessman.
For the next New Year, Camejo poses alone in the photos.
And she was already pregnant.
Her baby was born in July 2023. Her father, Aguiar, is not in the photos she shares of her.
"Without a doubt you came to
break with everything and rebuild every iota of my essence
, my heart and my entire being," the mother writes to her daughter in an emotional post, in which she also reports an early birth and some complications that they were able to overcome.
Camejo's life is full of luxuries, according to what he shows on his networks.
Instagram photo
By then Aguiar's life had gone from that of a successful businessman who inaugurated a medicinal cannabis plant with President Luis Lacalle Pou to total disaster.
In February 2023, a commando group broke into his exclusive house La Maison, where he lived with Camejo.
Three men took over the mansion located near the Golf Club in Punta del Este, tied up two workers and one of the owners of the house and
stole 20 short and long weapons, cell phones, among other objects.
"Romi" on Saona Island, in the Caribbean.
Instagram photo
Among the weapons found inside a vault in La Maison's desk were rifles, pistols and shotguns and
more than 1,500 9mm caliber ammunition,
Maldonado Police reported at the time.
Last October, the Prosecutor's Office requested between 20 and 22 years in prison for the three thieves, including a former property security guard.
Two other accomplices agreed to lesser sentences in an abbreviated trial.
Aguiar and Camejo and one of their cars, a Porsche Carrera.
Instagram photo
That was not the first time that Aguiar and Camejo appeared in the police pages.
The first was not as victims but as detainees for carrying weapons.
The call from someone who saw them armed in the car they were traveling in led to a police chase.
Four people were arrested, one Ecuadorian and three Uruguayans, including the businessman and the singer.
In July even bigger problems came.
The closure of “the largest medicinal cannabis drying plant in Latin America” that had opened in the department of Salto brought to light a complaint of embezzlement of money made by Canadian shareholders against Aguiar and his family, according to the newspaper.
The Observer
.
This case is being processed in Toronto, headquarters of the AD Group company, owned by the businessman.
Romi in a post from November 2022.
One of "Romi's" posts on his Instagram, driving a Porsche at high speed through Punta del Este.
Instagram photo
Romina Camejo, the woman accused of the crime of businessman Gonzalo Aguiar, in Punta del Este.
Instagram photo
The Canadian shareholders criminally denounced the director, who was removed from office and intervened in the company.
As El Observador learned, in a shareholders' meeting it was suggested that the person who also appeared as a shareholder and director, Gonzalo Aguiar, carried out an embezzlement of more than US$ 17 million.
In December, the Uruguayan Justice also advanced an investigation for fraud against Aguiar.
Camejo holding a gun.
Instagram photo
in the plant
of Boreal Uruguay - the fantasy name of Ignapin SA - which was installed in 2020 in Colonia Garibaldi, a town 18 kilometers from the city of Salto, Canadian shareholders John Pollesel and Brian Montgomery had invested
27.5 million dollars
.
Coincidentally, the life of luxury that "Romi" began to display on her social networks
started in mid-2020
.
Before, the little that can be seen has nothing extraordinary.
The purchase of La Maison
Gonzalo Aguiar acquired La Maison in 2021, one of the most luxurious properties in Punta del Este.
The place has 1,718 square meters in the main house, which is built on a plot of land of almost 6 thousand square meters.
Video
The owner of one of the most exclusive mansions in Punta del Este was murdered by his ex-partner.
The Uruguay
real estate company Sothebys International
published a video on its YouTube account in December 2020 that included a tour, both inside and outside of the property, one of the
"most imposing and important in Punta del Este",
located in the El Golf neighborhood.
"It is an ideal residence for lovers of good living, who enjoy the luxury and comforts that this wonderful property has, fantastic to live in every month of the year," the description added.
The Maison inside has a luxurious interior.
Photo: Courtesy of El País - Uruguay
Among other amenities, it has an entrance hall, a "large double living room with fireplace and large windows", a "bar with fireplace and a separate dining room with a table for 12 people", a "double living room and reception toilette" .
The floors are marble, the master bedroom, en suite, has a dressing room and bathroom with Jacuzzi.
And the games room, meanwhile, has a "pool table, electronic table hockey."
There is also a gym with a
"spectacular heated outdoor and indoor pool, jacuzzi, a gym and a wet sauna
. "
Romina Camejo, the woman accused of the crime of businessman Gonzalo Aguiar, in Punta del Este.
Instagram photo
"The House has
marble floors, luxury lamps
, underfloor heating and powerful air conditioners, remote-controlled automatic blinds throughout the house and large windows in all spaces, which makes it a very bright house," it also noted. the publication.
The crime of Gonzalo Aguiar
The crime occurred in the early hours of Monday.
Camejo acknowledged that he was the one who shot Aguiar.
According to
El Observador
, the woman told her lawyer, Camilo Silvera, that before shooting the businessman
she had received a threat over the phone: "I'm going to cut you into little pieces."
The wedding of Aguiar and Camejo.
Instagram photo
In addition, he added that he arrived at the house where his client was with a man and the baby "completely shaken."
This is always according to the story that Camejo gave to his legal representative, that he will seek to prove that the shots that Aguiar received and that caused his death were in self-defense.
Silvera assures that the woman told her that her ex-partner arrived at the place upset, where they argued and the well-known outcome took place.
She added that her client was "scared" because her ex-partner was someone "violent" who "was always armed."
Aguiar and Lacalle Pou during the inauguration of the Boreal plant.
Photo Pharmabiz.net
The hearing to charge Camejo will be held this Tuesday in Maldonado.
On the woman's Instagram account, a story written by her mother also appeared in which she gives her version of the events.
"As it has been publicly known, Romina is detained because tragically she was forced to defend her life and that of her little daughter from the clutches of a monster that was completely out of his mind!" the statement says.
The post on Instagram by Romina Camejo's mother, arrested for the crime of Gonzalo Aguiar.
March in support of Romina Camejo
Camejo is detained at the Maldonado Police Headquarters, as she is in charge of caring for her six-month-old daughter, whom she is breastfeeding.
A call in her support began to circulate on her social networks in the last few hours, set for 3:30 p.m., at the same time that a hearing will be held where she is expected to be charged in this case.
The prosecutor in charge of the investigation is Sebastián Robles.
See this post on Instagram
A post shared by Romi Camejo (@romicamejo1)
In the message published on his Instagram account, a demonstration is called, shouting "we want each other alive."
"We have to go out and support Romi, because today they did not silence her voice, today she is the voice of all those who could not defend themselves, a survivor who had to defend her life and that of her little girl," says the text.
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