A case that has shocked peace and has viralized on social networks on Wednesday had a new turn, after Jhonny Z., father of Manuel Alejandro Zr, accused of murder, publicly defended his son’s innocence and ensure that He was the victim of a brutal beating for at least ten peopleprior to the tragic outcome.
“My son is innocent! Ten people jump, What person is not going to defend himself? DIt is there comes the issue of innocence. The Prosecutor’s Office has presented empty evidence that has already been dismissed by the judge, ”said the man, visibly affected by preventive detention in his son’s prison.
The incident occurred early Sunday, April 13, at the exit of a disco in the Sopocachi area, center of La Paz. According to preliminary investigations, Manuel Alejandro, 25, Dressed in a “joker” character costume, He was identified as the author of the stabbing that caused the death of Youssef Emanuel Montaño Giraldo (21) and left Matías Manuel C. (20) and Matías Santiago M. (18).
The young man had attended the nightclub accompanied by his partner, after Fulfill your workday at a restaurant That, according to his defense, he asked him to use the disguise in commemoration of Children’s Day.
Currently, Manuel Alejandro Complies of preventive detention in the San Pedro prison For a month, while the Public Ministry gathers evidence to sustain the imputation for murder and attempt of murder.
Group aggression and key videos
Legal defense argues that The young man acted in legitimate defense, and who was a victim of psychological abusealthough it was not specified by who. The father of the accused added that his son, in addition to a stable worker and partner, was a church pastor.
“How a church shepherd will come to kill with intentionality? He went out to have fun. I hugged him and told him that he is not alone, the whole family is with him, ”he said with emotion.
The case gained greater complexity after the dissemination of security cameras recordings than They show a group fight prior to stabbing, fact that could be crucial to determine responsibilities.
“As can be noticed in the videosapproximately 10 people participated in the fight. We are going to identify them and quote them to declare, ”said Walter Sosa, director of the Special Force for the Fight against Crime (FELCC).
In addition, according to Marcelo Valdez, lawyer and representative of the Permanent Assembly of Human Rights, a Forensic Medical Certificate He revealed that the defendant was also stabbed during the confrontation.
“This distorts disproportionality. Death has no justification, But neither does they attack it between six and stab. We hope justice acts impartially, ”he said.
