Thursday, December 29, 2022 | 9:45 a.m.
Four days after the ferocious attack that occurred in San Pedro and that cost the life of Celso Ariel Álvarez Rodríguez (44), who was seriously wounded in the neck with a machete by one of his nephews after a family argument during the celebrations of the Christmas, the alleged perpetrator passed during the day yesterday for an investigative hearing before the Justice.
This is Luis Álvarez Rodríguez, 27, who has been detained since the time of the attack and who had his opportunity to respond to the strong accusation that weighs on his shoulders before Judge Ariel Belda Palomar, head of the First Investigating Court of San Pedro, in charge of the murder investigation.
According to what was reported by the spokespersons involved in the case, it emerged that the suspect chose to remain silent before the intervening magistrate and that after appointing a lawyer to represent him in the process, he was notified of the formal accusation that fits him preliminarily in the case. : simple homicide.
In this way, the accused will continue to be housed in a police unit of the XIV Regional Unit awaiting the progress of the case and news regarding his procedural situation.
Although for the moment the motive for the event is not one hundred percent confirmed, the main hypothesis that the investigators are handling refers to a dispute between the victim and the perpetrator during the festivities for the celebration of Christmas, which later generated the discussion that triggered the deadly attack.
In order to advance in the investigation, the contributions that family members and neighbors who witnessed the alleged interdict can give in court will be key to reconstruct the last moments before the attack.
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According to the reconstruction that is based on the elements collected so far in the file, it is known that Álvarez Rodríguez (44) had to be urgently helped by his relatives around 4 in the morning on last Sunday, December 25. in a house in the Santa Rosa neighborhood of San Pedro.
Members of the local Volunteer Fire Department who were alerted to what had happened were the ones who immediately transferred the injured person to a care center in the area, although due to the seriousness of the cut on his neck he had to be urgently referred to the Samic hospital. from Eldorado.
He remained hospitalized there until around midnight on Monday the 26th when medical personnel confirmed the death of the patient.
According to the report of the police doctor who examined the body in the hospital, he said that the victim suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest due to a shock caused by the bad evolution of the sharp wound that he registered.
Regarding the injury, it was added that it was a cut that affected the vascular zone of the carotid and the left jugular. Cuts were also noticed in other parts of the body. While the arrest of the alleged attacker occurred just a handful of hours after the fact.
In the suspect’s possession, a large machete was seized and is suspected to be the one used to attack Celso Ariel (44).
Second crime of the year in San Pedro
According to the statistics carried out by this medium, so far this year San Pedro has registered two homicides. Prior to the attack that cost Ariel Álvarez Rodríguez (44) his life, another act of bloodletting occurred on April 29, but in the Risen Christ neighborhood of that town.
The victim was identified as Ramón Sosa (86), who that Friday at noon was found lifeless inside his house by one of his children.
The investigations carried out in the place determined that the old man was beaten with a hammer inside his home and from the accounts of neighbors in the area it was possible to establish that the perpetrators would be two men who were seen leaving the house with a jug.
This led to the various raids ordered by the Justice Department, the Misiones Police detaining Gastón M. (24) and Fernando B. (25) hours after the fact. Both continue behind bars at the disposal of the First Investigating Court of San Pedro.
