“Justice for Esmeralda, justice for Esmeralda!” That was the cry that was replicated in the main entrance of the Florida North Judicial Complex, in the Florida area, during the morning of this Tuesday 22.
A group of people stationed themselves there waiting to hear the resolutions that would be determined in the preparatory hearing for the trial against two people implicated in a case of sexual abuse that had been denounced by Esmeralda Aguilar days before her murder, which occurred in last september.
At that time, she pointed out her son-in-law for a sexual offense that her 15-year-old daughter would have suffered.
For this reason, the two people investigated are Aguilar’s son-in-law and another daughter.
In this Wednesday’s proceeding, the request to change precautionary measures for preventive detention for the people involved was also presented.
Merchant was murdered in Plaza Rocafuerte, in the center of Guayaquil
Aguilar was killed by a bullet in the plaza in the center of the city, when he was preparing to close his store last year.
According to police inquiries, on the night of Thursday, September 9, 2021, two individuals on a motorcycle approached the kiosk where Aguilar worked, one of them got out of the car, attacked the woman with a firearm and then fled with his accomplice in the same car.
They did not take any of the victim’s belongings, so the robbery motive was ruled out.
At that time, police officers determined that his death could be related to a family conflict. For that, there is another open case against the same two people.
After noon, the judge in charge of the sexual crime case issued a summons to trial against the son-in-law and daughter of the deceased, according to the family’s defense attorney, Marcos Dioses.
Preventive detention was also ordered for the man and alternative measures in favor of the woman, confirmed the lawyer.
She must report periodically to the competent authority and is prohibited from leaving the country.
The case of Aguilar’s murder is still under investigation, family members said. (I)
Source: Eluniverso
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