The justice applied the sentence of 18 and 25 years in prison for the perpetrators of an act of robbery resulting in death, perpetrated in 2020 in the Presidente Franco area.
The convicted and perpetrators of an act of robbery resulting in death, perpetrated in 2020, are Hugo Javier Duarte and Jose Emanuel Duarte. The first received a 25-year sentence, since he was the author of the fatal shot, while the second 18.
The Appeals Chamber, of the First Chamber, made up of Marta Isabel Acosta, Raúl Insaurralde and Efrén Giménez, ratified the ruling against the defendants, who were sentenced in first instance by judges Herminio Montiel, Zunilda Martínez and Marino Méndez, members of the Sentencing Court.
The oral trial had been held on April 8, 2022, in Ciudad del Este.
According to the background, the crime occurred on April 23, 2020at 08:00, in the Santa Clara neighborhood of the city of Presidente Franco, with the fatality of Norma Estela Santacruz Rojas.
On that occasion, the woman was in front of her home with a nephew when were attacked by the two criminals, who were moving on a motorcycle.
Later, Hugo Xavier He got off the bike with a firearm in hand. and when the victim began to run with the intention of entering the house, he shot him and then took his cell phone. Then the perpetrators they fled the place.
Meanwhile, the victim who was shot was helped and taken by relatives to the Ciudad del Este Medical Emergency Hospital, where his death was confirmed. The same received a chest wound and died of “hypovolemic shock from a gunshot wound”according to the forensic opinion.
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In the framework of the investigation of the case, the perpetrators of the fatal assault were identified and later arrested.
Both were subjected to a trial, which resulted in a sentence of 18 and 25 years in prison. However, the defense of the convicted appealed the sentence, but the Court of Appeal confirmed the sentence, by declaring proven the existence of the fact.
