16-year-old teenager charged with homicide of her boyfriend in San Juan
A 16-year-old girl was charged with the homicide of her 19-year-old boyfriend, shot in the face in Chimbas, San Juan. She declined to make a statement before the judge.
Minor charged with shooting dead her 19-year-old boyfriend in Chimbas
A 16-year-old teenager was charged on Thursday with the homicide of Gonzalo Martín Quinteros Olmos, 19, shot in the face in the 1° de Mayo neighbourhood, Chimbas district, San Juan. According to infobae.com, the hearing took place at around 8 a.m. before judge Jorge Toro, and the young woman, advised by her defence lawyer Filomena Noriega, declined to make a statement.
The homicide occurred on Monday 14 September at approximately 21:00 in a house on calle Proyectada. Upon arrival, officers from the 26th police station gathered statements from those who were in the house. The initial account held that a group of hooded individuals had forced their way into the property and that one of them fired the fatal shot.
The autopsy contradicted that account. The post-mortem examination determined that Quinteros had an entry hole in the region of the left jaw and an exit hole in the area of the right lateral neck. Sources with access to the case file told infobae.com that the shot was fired at close range.
With that evidence, the investigation turned towards the teenager, who was the victim's girlfriend and was in the house at the time of the incident. Prosecutors Roberto Ginsberg and Francisco Pizarro ordered four simultaneous raids which resulted in her arrest. Given her age, the case fell under the remit of the Juvenile Court.
Following the charging hearing, judge Toro ordered that the young woman remain housed in a support centre for adolescents. Paula Carena, prosecutor for Children and Adolescents, explained to the media that, because she is a minor, she could not specify the place of housing, although she emphasised that such establishments must guarantee her healthcare, education and family contact.
"She must be guaranteed healthcare, she must be guaranteed education, visits from her family," Carena said.
The prosecutor also indicated that periods of 60 days with socio-educational measures are typically set, although she clarified that in this case the decision depends exclusively on the judge. When asked about house arrest, she responded: "There can also exist as another alternative the possibility of house arrest. That is a decision exclusively of the judge."
In parallel, the Special Crimes Unit continues working on a second line of investigation linked to possible obstruction of justice by adults.
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