July 19, 2023, 18:00 PM
July 19, 2023, 18:00 PM
He did not resist. Around 10:00 a.m. this Wednesday, the heart of Diego Roberto Cortez Vaca, 28, stopped beating. The young university student remained hospitalized after he was beaten on Sunday, July 16, outside a party in Montero.
From that morning until now, the victim remained in intensive care at a private clinic in Montero, however, the day before the doctors informed the family that the young man was diagnosed with brain death and that the chances of life were almost nil, although those close did not lose hope.
Adrián Cuéllar, lawyer for the victim’s next of kin, stated that in view of the death of Diego Roberto They will ask the Public Ministry that the investigation and detention be extended for the crime of homicide against the author of the beating.
The attacker, identified as José LS, was apprehended on Monday by uniformed officers from the Special Force to Fight Crime (Felcc). after being recognized by surveillance cameras They recorded the moment of the fight.
Yesterday, in a hearing on precautionary measures, justice ordered his preventive detention for a period of 180 days in the Cerprom prison de Montero, charged with the crime of attempted murder.
The incident occurred early Sunday morning. at a party in Montero, when both were on the outskirts of a fraternity. According to witnesses, Diego Roberto responded to the provocations made by the defendant who was intoxicated and they got involved in a fight.
The defendant used a blunt object to hit him repeatedly on the head until it caused a fracture and left him unconscious.
