Judge Rigoberto Sena of the Permanent Attention Office of the National District, imposed three months of preventive detention against the lieutenant colonel of the Army, Samuel Elías Céspedes Valdezaccused of the death of his partner Licairis Yalibes Díaz Valenzuela, 25 years old.
The imposed measure must be complied with in the Correction and Rehabilitation Center (CCR) Las Parraslocated in San Antonio de Guerra.
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Upon leaving the court, the lawyer for the lieutenant colonelJoaquín Bocio, described the decision as “regrettable and disproportionate.” According to him, it was an “accidental case” and that the Public Ministry He could not prove that it was a “homicide.”
The event occurred on the night of Sunday, January 25, when Céspedes Valdez and Díaz Valenzuela allegedly held a discussion. After the incident, the lieutenant colonel was arrested and placed under police custody in the vicinity of Freddy Beras Goico street (old Health Avenue).
- According to the Public Ministrythe autopsy performed on the body of the 25-year-old girl determined that the cause of death was a gunshot wound, “the trajectory of which is incompatible with an accidental shooting,” contrary to what the perpetrator alleges, 43 years old.
Despite this, the accused assured the authorities that the death of the young woman It was accidental, it occurred during a discussion that he had with her in the park South Viewpoint.
He Public Ministry continue with the investigationwhile Céspedes Valdez will remain under preventive detention until the advancement of the judicial process.
