Tomás Nehuén Villagra was murdered with a cross wrench in Neuquén ten days ago. It all happened in the middle of a traffic dispute. His death caused an uproar in the Añelo community and sparked lawsuits from family and friends demanding justice for the incident. “They killed us all“said the victim’s father.
“The family was destroyed because Nehuén was a young person, has a 7 month old baby, his wife is young; That morning I was waiting for him to come back because he had gone to work,” explained Claudio, the father.
The man added that his son planned to work in a company just two days after the crime. “We come from a humble, hard-working family and everything costs. Our biggest concern now is the baby, what do we do from now on? We had everything prepared to be better, to get through the holidays and now with this.” the world collapsed. They killed us all“, he assured.
The sequence was triggered near roads on Saturday, December 6th Descent of the home countries And Duck waterthe truck Chevrolet S-10, Accordingly, the 25-year-old collided with a car Peugeot 208. This episode sparked an argument that would end the Villagra native’s life a few minutes later Cutral Co.
According to the reconstructions, the passengers in the other vehicle pursued him until they caught up with him. When they managed to intercept him, they started shouting at him: “You crashed my car“.
According to the report of the Public Prosecutor’s Office from NeuquenAfter the accident, the occupants of the… caridentified as THE And AMCGthey got out of the vehicle. While he was standing in front of the truck, one of them pulled one out Cross key out of the trunk and both set off for Villagra.
The provincial prosecutor explained this the second the attacker He opened the driver’s door, held the young man by his clothes and let him inside THE hit him on the head and back with the tool. The autopsy report confirmed this Villagra He fell to the ground with a thud severe head trauma.
The attackers, both 28, fled after the attack, but one was arrested shortly afterwards and the other voluntarily surrendered. The prosecutor of the case, Lucrecia Solafiled a complaint simple murder as Co-authors and requested Preventive detention for six monthswhich was approved by the guarantee judge, Christian Piana. According to the judiciary, the evidence collected included images from surveillance cameras, the cross wrench used and witness statements from the crime scene.
In this context, Claudio expressed his agreement with the prosecutor’s decision, although he targeted a woman traveling with the attackers, who, according to him, was dismissed from the case. “After the incident, Nehuén was chased by these people and when they intercepted him, one of the people went to the car to look for the key with which they killed him and this girl was there. She could have gotten out of the car,” he said.
Regarding the defendant, Villagra shared what several neighbors had told him. year it. Both defendants had taken part in previous acts of violence in the city. Residents told him that they were involved in aggressive situations in the city. “They created conflict, they went after people, they attacked them and there was always someone filmingVillagra assured.
“We didn’t think about demanding justice because nothing will bring us back to Nehuén, and then the people of Añelo started sending us messages, calling us and telling us to seek justice, that they were tired of this. People are afraid, they are tired of these people, that they get away with it and leave and the next day there are problems again. They tell us: ‘We knew it would end badly,'” he explained.
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