The penalty for the perpetrators, first corporals Lucas Gómez and Javier Alarcón, was life imprisonment for qualified homicide and attempted homicide for the 4 friends of Blas who were traveling with him in the shot-up car.
Of the total of 13 accused policemen, another 9 were sentenced for “covering up, false testimony and omission of the duties of a public official”. He refers to the troops who mounted the cover-up operation, throwing away an old revolver to try to prove a confrontation that did not exist. Two other policemen were acquitted.
The victims, Blas and his friends, were also pointed out as victims of “institutional violence.” The court also gave instructions to investigate, among others, former Security Minister Alfonso Mosquera and the current police chief Liliana Zarate, among others.
Before the sentence, Soledad Laciar, Blas’s mother, told Radio Universidad that “On the 24th I realized where I am. Participating in the march on March 24… yes, in the surroundings where there are women that they have been fighting for more than 40 years, and I say ‘this is how I am going to die’, but with the pride that I know that my son will be proud that his family is always on their feet, fighting so that something in this blessed province change. I promise that I will die like this, like these women. Because I understood that this is the way. like grandmothers”
The sentences were as follows:
1- First Corporal Lucas Gómez (37) fired four shots with his service weapon at the car. They sentenced him to life imprisonment. absolute and special disqualification to perform employment and public office.
2- First Corporal Javier Catriel Alarcón (33) also fired two shots. Request for “life imprisonment”. They sentenced him to life imprisonment, absolute and special disqualification from holding public employment and office.
3- Agent Wanda Esquivel (34). They sentenced her to 3 years in prison. She is going to remain with house arrest.
4- The assistant officer Yamila Martínez (25). She was sentenced to four years and three months in prison. Special disqualification for three years.
5- Reading Alexis Quevedo. He was sentenced to four years in prison.
6- Corporal Ezequiel Vélez (25). He was sentenced to two years and six months in prison for conditional execution.
7- Deputy Commissioner Sergio González (44). Request for six years in prison for “false testimony, concealment for personal and real favor aggravated by the functional quality and the seriousness of the act and omission of duties of a public official in an ideal competition.” They sentenced him to four years and ten months in prison.
8- Walter Soria (45) Request for six years in prison for “false testimony, concealment for personal and real favor aggravated by the functional quality and the seriousness of the act and omission of duties of a public official in an ideal competition.” He was sentenced to four years and nine months in prison.
9- Deputy Commissioner Enzo Quiroga (36). Requests for a sentence of five years and nine months. He was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison.
10- The commissioner inspector Jorge Galleguillo (46). Request for six years in prison for “false testimony, concealment for personal and real favor aggravated by the functional quality and the seriousness of the act and omission of duties of a public official in an ideal competition.” He was sentenced to four years and eight months in prison.
11- Commissioner Juan Antonio Gatica (46). Request for six years in prison for “false testimony, concealment for personal and real favor aggravated by the functional quality and the seriousness of the act and omission of duties of a public official in an ideal competition.” They sentenced him to four years in prison.
12- Agent Juan Orlando Ramírez. One year in prison of conditional execution for harassment. (They added it to the cause)
13- Corporal Leonardo Martínez (20). Request for five years in prison. He was acquitted.
14- Agent Rodrigo Toloza (29). Request for five years in prison. he was acquitted
Source: www.laizquierdadiario.com
