Exclusive edition of the lawyer of the colorist who killed his colleague at the Recoleta hair salon | What did Abel Guzmán’s defender say?

lawyer for Abel GuzmanThe 43-year-old hairstylist accused of killing his partner Germán Medina at a hair salon in Recoleta said his client “He doesn’t know how to use a gun” And? “Maybe he missed the shot”Announcing that he is reportedly considering requesting release and house arrest “health problems”.

This Wednesday, after more than two months of evading justice, Guzmán was detained in a house in the Buenos Aires city of Moreno, following an anonymous call received by the Ministry of National Security’s bounty program. On Thursday, The stylist refused to testify on the recommendation of her lawyerHector Costa.

“We are going to present a document that contains the facts and the technical defenses. When we talked with Guzmán about how the investigation was, I recommended that he not testify. We sign the statement for investigation and leave“, Costa told the press about the judicial status of the accused, who has been kept in Chacarita’s mayor’s office number 15 after his arrest.

“We’re going to wait to see what the evidence is to look at it in detail. I have to sit the whole day to read the file..They were not contacted and it was only when they received the statement for investigation that they were able to interview me,” the lawyer said.

According to Costa, Guzmán presents “health problems”, Therefore, he is considering requesting release and house arrest. “We only have one chance. You have to find the right time. He has some health problems, the medical examiner who examined him already told him,” he indicated.

These health problems “existed before the incident”, Costa said, although he declined to reveal them because “it is his privacy.” In the coming days “We are going to present a doctor so he can examine him, diagnose him and so we can ask for house arrest. In these cases it is very complicated, but we already have a ‘no’, we have to try,” he said.

Regarding the emotional state of Guzmán, accused of the crimes of homicide qualified by treachery – acting to prevent his victim from defending himself – and of illegitimate deprivation of liberty, which could cost him a life sentence, the lawyer assured that he is “so far”, “good” and “lucid”. He said he was “sorry” for what he had done.

Finally, he mentioned the change in his look made by the accused during the days he was on the run and said that he had cut his hair the same day of the crime because “it was very hot”, although he clarified that this was an assumption on his part. “It is not everything as people on the street say. I understand that many people say what the street says, but what the record says is something else. I proceed based on the data that is in the file,” he concluded.

Juan Manuel Dragani, the plaintiff lawyer representing the family of the murdered painter, also spoke to the press after the investigation and drew attention to all the things that still remain to be solved. “He fired a 9 mm, We don’t know where the gun is, This is something to clarify. See who hid itDuring this time. During the investigation, a brother came to the defense lawyer asking for information,” he said.

Regarding the statements of the defense lawyer, Draghi questioned both the alleged regret and the health problems he attributed to the stylist. “I don’t see any remorse in him. He understood very well what he had done, which is why he was on the run for 70 days.”he commented.

Murder in Recoleta

On March 20, Medina was murdered by Guzmán with a gunshot to the head at the Verdini Hair Salon, located at 3017 Berruti Street in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Recoleta.

That day, at the end of the working day, four employees – three men and a woman – stayed on the premises to drink beer while a storm raged outside.

At that time, an argument began between Medina and Guzmán, according to what was expressed by the manager of the premises, Facundo Verdini, who witnessed the crime.

That’s when Guzman pulled out a gun and shot his partner in the head. Everything was recorded by the complex’s security cameras.

As a result of the gunshot to the head, Medina, 33, was seriously injured, and was taken to Fernández Hospital, where he died shortly after.

Meanwhile, Guzmán was a fugitive until this Wednesday, when he was detained in a house in the Buenos Aires city of Moreno by the Fugitive Capture Division of the City Police.