The photographer
Gabriel García
(57) was murdered during an assault on the Quilmes riverside, on Tuesday around 1:00 p.m. The blow to the left side of the chest that the thief gave him was fatal: Gabriel died at the Iriarte hospital in Quilmes, on Tuesday night.
The thief who murdered him was arrested on Wednesday and was released from prison two months ago.
This is
Matías Ezequiel Monzón
, just turned 27 years old.
He is a resident of the area: he lives three blocks from where he robbed García,
a few meters from a police station
, in the Villa Luján III neighborhood.
His own neighbors marked him.
“The Departmental Directorate of Investigations (DDI) of the Buenos Aires police raided several homes to determine the whereabouts of the suspect.
In one of those addresses, some helmets were seized, one of them would match the one that was stolen from García.
During the afternoon of Thursday, Monzón will be investigated,” says Ximena Santoro, prosecutor of the case.
His prosecutor's office, UFI 7 of Quilmes, charged Monzón with robbery
involving a weapon in real competition with homicide criminis causa.
That is to say, Monzón killed to guarantee his impunity for his robbery: he stabbed García near the heart to try to
hide having stolen the
photographer's backpack and motorcycle helmet.
He now awaits, in the warden of UFI 7 in Quilmes, the investigation that will begin the judicial process.
The other raids, in addition to the one at Monzón's home, went to the houses of his girlfriend and two friends, to try to find other belongings of the murdered photographer and, above all, the weapon with which the crime was committed.
Matías Ezequiel Monzón (27), after being arrested for the murder of Gabriel García in Quilmes.
Prosecutor Santoro
also confirmed to
Clarín that Monzón has a criminal record and that until two months ago he served a sentence for another crime.
A look at Monzón's social networks confirms his recent stay in prison.
In March 2023, he posted a photo with his mother and daughter, Zamira.
The caption of the photo is the following:
“I know that I was not the best brother or a good son.
But hey, mom, I'm sorry with my soul for the bad things I put you through.
I just know that when this is all over and I leave this damn place, you're going to be the happiest mom in the world.
“I am going to demonstrate my change to you and to everyone who trusts me.”
Two days after turning 27 and two months after regaining his freedom, far from demonstrating a change to his family, he murdered a man in cold blood.
Who was Gabriel García, the murdered photographer?
Gabriel García was 57 years old, had a teenage daughter, whose mother he was divorced from, and recently lived in San Telmo, although he was always from Quilmes.
Various publications on social networks from friends and relatives expressed that he was a good person, loved by his people.
Josué Marchi, musician and friend of García, tells
Clarín
: “I am devastated, surprised by the viciousness with which they killed him.
No one deserves a death like that, especially not such a good person.
Gabriel was a friend and passionate about photography and music.
During the twenty years of friendship that united us, we went to record stores on Corrientes Avenue to buy vinyl.”
Gabriel García, dressed in green, with the members of Vox Dei, years ago.
García worked independently and was also the photographer of the famous
rock group Vox Dei
, with whose members he was friends.
He was also friends with many other amateur musicians, whom he followed with the loyalty of a faithful.
“I played with some of my bands on the other side of the suburbs, and Gabriel went from Quilmes with his camera and his tripod.
That's how generous he was with everyone, with the big ones, like Vox Dei, and with the not so big ones.
He benched everyone.”
Wilfrido "Willy" Quiroga
, leader of Vox Dei, remembers García, whom he had known for more than twenty years as a stable photographer for the band, as a boy who was always attentive, given and a very good professional.
"A horrible end for him: they tried to steal his camera, he defended what was his and they kicked him. The young man who stabbed him has no forgiveness. I
hope he goes to prison and lives there forever
."
Clarín Master's Degree / University of San Andrés
MG