Four brothers remained accused of the murder of Octavio Luna, the 21-year-old young man who was found half-buried on the banks of a river in Salta. Only one of them is detained, while the other three are still free because they are minors.
48 hours after the chilling discovery, prosecutor Nicolás Rodríguez López provisionally charged a young man of 21 years and his three brothers: one 17-year-old teenager and two twins – a boy and a girl – 15 years old.
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The adult and his twin brothers are accused of the crime of homicide qualified by cruelty, treachery and with the premeditated participation of two or more people. While the 17-year-old teenager was charged with aggravated concealment of that crime.
The accusations against the four brothers came after The mother of the alleged murderers will report them to the police station, since he presumed that they were behind the murder of Octavio Luna.
The hypothesis they use from the investigation is that Luna would have met the four brothers near the river on Saturday morning. The alleged attackers would have been under the influence of alcohol and some drugs during the encounter.
In that context, the 21-year-old young man was stabbed to death and half-buried on the banks of the Rosario River in the Salta town of Rosario de la Frontera. According to the local newspaper The Tribuneunofficial sources indicated that There could be a more serious episode in the behavior of the attackers that has not yet been clarified.
During these hours, the investigation tasks continue to obtain a greater amount of evidence against the accused, while the Criminal Prosecutor of Rosario de la Frontera, Oscar López Ibarra, He received the relatives of the deceased at the prosecutor’s headquarters, representing prosecutor Nicolás Rodríguez, who is in charge of the case.
Family and friends of Octavio Luna held a mobilization in Rosario de la Frontera. A cousin of the victim told local media that the prosecutors told them at the meeting that «They were going to ask for the maximum sentence for the guilty party.»
“They told us that Since they are minors they cannot be convicted, the other culprits and those involved are their three brothers; a 17-year-old girl, a 15-year-old and another 14-year-old,†the woman reported.
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Finally, he added: «So far the only detainee is the adult, who is 21 years old, and the Prosecutor’s Office assured us that they were going to ask for the maximum sentence and that it is the first time they have asked for something.» like this in our city.