Martín del Río, sospechoso de haber matado a sus padres en Vicente López para ocultar un supuesto descalabro económico con la fortuna familiar, comienza hoy su juicio. Tras más de dos años desde el crimen que conmocionó al país, Del Río es el único imputado y enfrentará a la justicia en un proceso que promete ser tenso y lleno de sorpresas.
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00:00And attention, because the trial for one of the most appalling crimes in recent history, we can say, begins today.
00:07Martín del Río, and you have it. This man is suspected of having killed his parents, José Enrique del Río, 75 years old,
00:15and María Mercedes Alonso, 72, in a house in Vicente López, to supposedly hide the mismanagement,
00:22or the economic mess he had made with his family fortune.
00:26Fabián Rubino is here, working live from the San Isidro Courts. Fabián, how are you? Good morning.
00:32Hello, Guille, good morning. I'm sure you remember that fact, the shock it caused in all areas.
00:40Well, after more than two years, this oral trial comes, where Martín del Río is the only defendant,
00:47the only accused of killing this couple, actually, of killing their parents.
00:52He is in prison, totally isolated, he is not visited by any relative, by any friend,
00:58and this afternoon this trial will begin by a popular jury, Guillermo.
01:02Yes.
01:03There will be 12 people chosen at random, who will give a verdict, guilty or innocent,
01:09and whose duration will be around five days.
01:12It is believed that on Friday we can then have the sentence on this case.
01:16Exactly. Well, now let's go back to you, Fabi, but it must be said that among the testimonies
01:21that the prosecution provides will be that of Ninfa Aquino, the employee of the victims,
01:26who is the woman who discovers the lifeless bodies there in the garage.
01:30That's right, yes. Ninfa, or Nina, as they call her, was the woman of trust in the marriage of del Río,
01:37and who calls Martín del Río on the phone in a call that was recorded,
01:41they are part of the case where the man does not express any kind of surprise.
01:44No.
01:45She asked him, please come, and she was the accused.
01:48The homicide was arrested.
01:50For supposedly acting as a delivery woman.
01:52Of course, through the children, the children were also in the process,
01:55all a madness that Nina lived, which surely also had consequences in her health and in her economy.
02:01Today she presents herself as a witness, one of the first 50 witnesses
02:05who will be participating in this trial by jury.
02:09There will be 12, as Fabián said, jurors who will have to vote unanimously
02:13for the perpetual prison, which is what the lawsuit asks for, as a penalty for Martín del Río.
02:18Exactly. Dr. Hugo López Carribeiro, Carribero, sorry, is Nina Aquino's lawyer.
02:24There he is. How are you, doctor? How are you doing? Thank you for receiving us.
02:28Good morning. Nice to meet you and talk to you.
02:31Likewise, doctor. Let's remember that the first hypothesis pointed to his defendant,
02:36because during the first days there was a scene in the house,
02:41something like a scene similar to that there had been a robbery,
02:45and that Nina had been the delivery woman.
02:48Let's remember the fact a little bit.
02:51Yes, clearly, as you point out,
02:56it was established that the lady could have facilitated the entry
03:02to an undetermined number of criminals.
03:06Of which they had not been properly identified.
03:10So he was told, look, you are accused of facilitating the entry, as we say,
03:15to unknown criminals to commit this act,
03:20that is, the robbery and the double homicide of the del Río marriage.
03:28Nina remained in detention for 13 days,
03:31which was the time it took us to obtain her freedom.
03:36Before the prosecution and the trial of San Isidro.
03:39On the same day, September 8, when Nina was released in the morning,
03:45well, in the afternoon, Martín del Río was arrested, right?
03:49As the main accused, who is now on trial, as you just pointed out.
03:53Yes, doctor.
03:55So in this situation, well, yes.
03:57Now I want you to tell me when this unexpected twist occurs,
04:00but I remember that the family, in this case,
04:03does not go out to support him or defend him,
04:05but that the older brother himself, Diego del Río,
04:08when he sees the images, he says, he was my brother.
04:11What they wanted to install in Martín del Río's defense
04:15is that he had been the brother of the homicide.
04:17Of course.
04:18So it was a matter of cross-examination of accusations,
04:21without much provisional support, right, doctor?
04:26Of course, that's what happened.
04:28Of course, that's what happened.
04:29You are now projecting the video, right?
04:31Of that walker.
04:32Of the walker.
04:33Of course, that person who walks,
04:36well, was identified as precisely Martín del Río
04:40by the brother, by the sister-in-law, by the wife,
04:45and by Nina, and by Nina, right?
04:48And Nina not only said, yes, it is Martín del Río who walks,
04:52but also wears the father's bust.
04:55Because of the way he walks.
04:56Because of that bust.
04:57Sure.
04:58Sure, because of the way he walks.
04:59And that gray bust that he wears,
05:01I recognize that it is the father's,
05:03because I washed it and ironed it every day,
05:06Monday, for many years, right?
05:08So, that circumstance makes me presume
05:13that he was inside the house,
05:16that he changed clothes inside the house,
05:18and was the only person who could have committed this double crime.
05:21Yes, because let me add,
05:22the reconstruction of the municipality of Vicente López,
05:24the cameras, to decriminalize Nina,
05:27because through that walk,
05:29which he had already done days ago,
05:31with his lover at the time,
05:33he already had predetermined
05:35how the crime of his parents was going to be.
05:38So, practically, the crime, in some way,
05:42is resolved, at least today,
05:44in the instance prior to the trial,
05:46through the private cameras and the municipality.
05:48And that's where Nina is decriminalized.
05:50Sure.
05:51Yes.
05:52We must also take into account
05:53that the prosecution in this trial
05:55has a very important challenge, right?
05:57Because for Martín del Río
05:59to be sentenced to life imprisonment,
06:01it is necessary for the prosecution
06:03to pay unanimously
06:05to the members of the jury.
06:07Both have to agree.
06:09If there is one who does not agree,
06:11there could be another sentence,
06:13but not life imprisonment.
06:15Now, doctor, according to the prosecutors,
06:17I mean, the justice,
06:19the motive of this double murder was economic,
06:21and it has to do with the mismanagement
06:23of Martín del Río with part of the family fortune.
06:25What's more, he deceives his parents,
06:27he tells them to prepare for a move,
06:29when in reality it had been
06:31a frustrated real estate operation
06:33that never took place,
06:35which was from an apartment
06:37that he had supposedly bought
06:39for between $1.5 million and $2 million.
06:41He was going to move to the famous Chachano.
06:43Chando Libertador, today known
06:45as the cause of Wanda Nardi.
06:47Exactly. The one we see on the subject of Wanda,
06:49is that where he told his parents he was going to move?
06:51Yes, it is the building
06:53that is located in Libertador
06:55and Campo Salles.
06:57In the neighborhood of Núñez, right?
06:59Yes.
07:01Finally, this apartment was never bought.
07:03And the hypothesis, as you point out,
07:05the prosecutor's hypothesis
07:07is that he kills his parents
07:09to put an end to that suspicion.
07:11The parents had been claiming
07:13the move for a long time,
07:15based on the money they had given him.
07:17That's the prosecutor's hypothesis.
07:19Doctor,
07:21having so many conclusive evidence,
07:23why could any of the 12 members
07:25of the jury doubt
07:27that Del Rio was the murderer?
07:31Well, that's a good question
07:33to answer at the end of the trial.
07:35Right?
07:37In the event that
07:39you were acquitted, doctor?
07:41No, I mean
07:43that's a very
07:45reasonable concern,
07:47I would say
07:49why they could doubt.
07:51Well, I would wait for the end of the trial
07:53and if anyone doubts, I would say
07:55why they doubted.
07:57Right?
07:59Let's see, one can doubt
08:01because he can give
08:03the benefit of the doubt
08:05or because they give him money to doubt.
08:07Yes.
08:09Well, that's why I say
08:11that there is a challenge for the prosecution
08:13to maintain in a pure way
08:15without contaminating the prosecution,
08:17in this case,
08:19the members of the jury.
08:21In all seriousness,
08:23this procedure was chosen
08:25by the defendant, by Del Rio himself.
08:27He had the right to be judged
08:29by a court of judges
08:31or by the member,
08:33in this case,
08:35private members, right?
08:37A popular jury.
08:39What you point out can happen,
08:41yes, it can happen.
08:43It is not normal,
08:45it is not common,
08:47but the danger that you detail always exists.
08:49But when we are talking about a person
08:51with an important purchasing power,
08:53at least someone who is supporting him
08:55today, what we know is that he is housed
08:57in the penitentiary unit of San Martín,
08:59they feed his family once a week
09:01and he is a man who was somehow
09:03overwhelmed by debts
09:05because he bought high-end cars
09:07and did not pay them either.
09:09In that context, the man is practically
09:11alone, he has the defense,
09:13Dr. Chiribín, who has
09:15a patriarchy,
09:17this man with all the evidence
09:19against him, but let's say
09:21all the ways mark
09:23a sentence to life in prison.
09:25I think that also
09:27at this time, when it is 10 and 20
09:29in the morning, the selection
09:31of the jury
09:33is taking place.
09:35Well,
09:37this is something very important
09:39because the prosecution
09:41is going to establish jurors
09:43in his favor and the defense
09:45in his favor, right?
09:49I would say that at this
09:51precise moment,
09:53the most important
09:55legal act of the trial
09:57is the selection of the jury.
09:59Doctor, finally, because you are
10:01defending Nina, Ninfa Aquino,
10:03who was the trusted employee
10:05and who really had a bad time
10:07at the time, for almost two weeks
10:09she was in the eye of the storm
10:11and everyone thought she had opened the door,
10:13she had been the deliverer.
10:17She is going to start a lawsuit
10:19against Del Rio?
10:23Yes, it will be the corresponding
10:25lawsuit for damages and perjuries.
10:27It has not yet been presented,
10:29although it is prepared,
10:31but it has not been presented because
10:33we are waiting for the result of this trial
10:35to add a copy of the sentence.
10:39Well, doctor,
10:41thank you very much for this contribution
10:43and of course we are going to follow
10:45the consecution of the substance of the trial
10:47to see what happens.
10:49When should it be defined
10:51if it is guilty or is it absolved?
10:53Look, throughout this week
10:55the five days of the trial are scheduled.
10:57After the end of the trial,
10:59on Friday,
11:01usually the jury takes three days
11:03to resolve, so next week
11:05we would already have the result.
11:07Well, we will be talking if you allow us.
11:09Doctor, thank you very much.
11:11Well, I greet you with all my appreciation.
11:13Likewise, see you later.
11:15Well, let's wait a few days to see what happens.