The defense of Ecuadorian Nelson Serrano, the oldest death row inmate in the United States, reported Thursday that his client reportedly received death threats at Union Correctional Institution, formerly known as Florida State Prison.

Lawyer Óscar Vela stated that Serrano, 84, told his son He was transferred without reason from a cell adapted for people in wheelchairs to a normal cellwhere his companions are said to have told him that this change is because someone wants to kill him.

“We ask the Ecuadorian authorities to take urgent measures“, warned the lawyer, who recently announced that he will submit thirteen pieces of evidence to the Justice Department so that his client can be declared innocent of a quadruple shooting murder in Florida of George Gonsalves, Diane Russo Patisso, George Patisso and Doso.

These include testimonies that confirmed, for example, that there were other people at the crime scene, the existence of a third weapon and DNA testing conducted on a latex glove found at the scene of the incident.

The Bartow crimes took place in 1997.in a company in which Serrano was a partner, and for which he was sentenced to four death sentences in 2006 despite the fact that, according to Vela, it was proven at trial that he was in Atlanta at the time.

Among the deceased are one of the partners and two children of another partner, which is why Serrano, who was the third partner of the company, in which they had had problems due to the disappearance of money, was identified as a suspect from the first moment , which prompted the Ecuadorian to file a civil suit.

According to Vela Serrano – who uses a wheelchair due to hip problems – is losing his eyesight, which would also be a serious problem mentally., since reading books has allowed him to endure a confinement of more than twenty years. (JO)