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Tegucigalpa, Honduras.- A Court of Letters issued in the last hours the measure of judicial detention against the ex-military Milton Salvador Vargas and Edwin Ricardo Pérez, accused of taking the life of lawyer Josué Israel Cáceres.
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The suspects were sent to a prison in Támara, while the initial hearing scheduled for Wednesday, November 20 at 1:30 in the afternoon takes place.
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For the initial hearing, the Special Prosecutor’s Office for Crimes against Life plans to present a file of evidence that implicates the detainees in the brutal murder.
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Other evidence includes videos of security cameras that captured the suspects fleeing the scene and the testimonials of protected witnesses, who are key to unraveling the case.
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The Public Ministry maintains that these evidence, together with others collected, establish the direct participation of the detainees in the murder.
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“The Prosecutor’s Office will prepare to support the accusation at the initial hearing, where it will seek the order of formal prosecution with preventive detention against both former soldiers,” the Public Ministry reported in a press release.
The facts
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According to the investigations of the Prosecutor’s Office, the crime occurred on November 5 between 2:00 and 2:30 in the morning.
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Lawyer Cáceres Alvarado was resting in his home, located in the Lomas del Toncontín residential area, Comayagüela, when Vargas Urbina and Pérez Montoya entered through the front of the property.
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Once inside, they went to the legal professional’s room and shot him repeatedly.
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Subsequently, the alleged attackers fled the scene in a beige Nissan Sentra passenger vehicle with license plate HDC 5868.
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Cáceres Alvarado was immediately taken to the Hospital Escuela, but died on the way due to serious gunshot wounds.
