Author of the murder of Sergeant Mendoza declared in the Gesell chamber and this Thursday he will be before the judge

This Wednesday, Ovidio Robles Palachay, 25 years old and the confessed perpetrator of the murder of Police Sergeant Oliver Ramiro Mendoza Orias, offered his informative statement, in a Gesell chamber, about what happened on the morning of April 4.

The subject accepted, before the police authorities and the Public Ministry, to be the author of the death of the uniformed man and, in this sense, this Thursday at 08:00 a.m. your precautionary hearing will be held in the municipality of La Guardia.

Róger Mariaca, Santa Cruz departmental prosecutor, stated that on Thursday the judge in the case will be asked to sentenced to 30 years in prison without the right to pardon against the defendant.

For the Police, and according to the complaints collected, Robles set up a criminal gang, that operated in the Mirador de La Guardia, where it became the terror of the tourist place, given the multiple crimes they committed, such as assaults and rapes.

The prosecutor indicated that information will be released on at least three violations, related to Robles and his gang.

For this case there are seven people apprehended; three of them accepted 15 years, for crimes of complicity in murder and others. The other three people will be guarded; among them there are two women who will be presented before a judge.

The case occurred early Tuesday morning.when a police patrol went to the Mirador de La Guardia to carry out an operation, given the complaints received, that aggravated robberies and a rape were committed in the place.

The report by the Commander General of the Police, Major Álvaro Álvarez Griffiths, indicates that Ovidio Robles Palachay, and his accomplices they were on the lookout for the people who came to the Mirador area to assault them; even hours before they had already robbed a couple, from whom their vehicle was stolen.

Thus, while waiting for other victims, they saw the civilian vehicle arrive, in which were the three police officers from the Department of Criminal Analysis and Intelligence (DACI) and the Special Force to Fight Crime (Felcc) of La Guard. Ovid Robles He approached the uniformed vehicle and, seeing that the three officers were there, opened fire on the policeman who was nearby, Sergeant Oliver Mendoza, whom he shot in the head, which ended his life instantly.