Wednesday April 12, 2023 | 12:33 p.m.
The debate over the crime of environmental engineer Roberto Andrés Ríos (58), which occurred in September 2019 in the downtown area of Posadas, already has a date. As detailed by different sources linked to the process, it is expected to be carried out at the end of August.
In the case, the only defendant is his ex-brother-in-law, former customs officer Alberto Germán Rosas (62). The man is accused of simple homicide and arrives at the debate with house arrest, granted after alluding to health problems. However, the victim’s family repeatedly claimed that the measure was not being complied with and even made requests for him to be housed in a common jail.
The spokespersons detailed that three dates are scheduled, August 28, 29 and 30 at Criminal Court II of Posadas. The Public Prosecutor’s Office will be Martín Rau, while the victim’s family will be represented by the plaintiff lawyer Julio Lenzken.
The penalty provided for the cover is from 8 to 25 years in case of being considered guilty, but the voices consulted do not rule out that the parties reach an abbreviated trial agreement. If this happens, a penalty will be agreed and the debate will not take place. In this particular case, the defendant, who confessed the fact before the Justice, must accept his guilt.
The murder of Ríos occurred at dawn on September 15, 2019 on the sidewalk of Sarmiento Street, between San Luis and Jujuy. It shook the capital city because, beyond the fact that it was committed in the downtown area, both the engineer and the defendant Rosas come from families recognized in different areas of the community.
Ríos was found in the middle of a public thoroughfare, on Sarmiento street.
Witnesses revealed that both had spent the night before together, but a heated argument ended in the worst way, with accusations and assaults, one dead and the other arrested.
After being attacked, Ríos was badly injured on the sidewalk of his house and was first helped by a young man who went out into the street when he heard screams, while the attacker fled aboard a Renault Oroch until they caught up with him a few blocks away. . In that instance he confessed to the crime stating that he was in self-defense and that he was on his way to turn himself in.
In the passenger seat, the uniformed members of the Scientific Police found the knife used in the attack.
For his part, the engineer was assisted and managed to be transferred to a care center, but could not survive. According to the results of the autopsy, the cause of death was due to “hypovolemic shock from stab wounds.”
As the hours passed, it emerged that the brothers-in-law had a very conflictive relationship for years, apparently due to economic issues due to an inheritance.
In an investigative statement, Rosas once again admitted responsibility for the act, but shortly after he was released after a request from his defense in which they argued severe health problems, mainly linked to heart conditions.
This measure was signed by the judge in the case, Fernando Verón, and established restrictions for the man. However, it was appealed by both the intervening prosecutor, Adriana Herbociani, and the plaintiff Lenzken.
The appeal was reviewed by the province’s Appeals Chamber, whose magistrates at the end of 2019 decided to declare the release null and void, considering that the measure had not been properly founded. Then the defense filed an appeal that forced the intervention of the Superior Court of Justice (STJ).
A year later, in December 2020, the highest missionary judicial body unanimously declared the appeal filed inadmissible and ordered that the man be detained again at his home until a series of issues related to the investigation of the investigation are resolved. cause.
Rosas’ address was always questioned. In March of last year, the complaint requested his immediate arrest because Rosas did not attend the sampling of biological material, despite having been summoned three times -December 2021; January 13, 2022 and February 10, 2022) by the Forensic Medical Corps.
Finally, the case was raised to trial after the telephone expertise and the analysis of the blood samples from the truck were incorporated. This last expertise, as detailed in the complaint, complicated the defendant’s situation because it was determined that the liquid on the floor, the passenger seat, the bumper and the driver’s door were only from Ríos.
Likewise, the latest news was in February, when the complaint stated that the defendant is in a position to await trial in a common jail and they requested new expertise that was ordered by the intervening Court.
