The two adult suspects arrested yesterday for the murder of Umma Aguilera, the 9-year-old daughter of a guard of the Minister of National Security, Patricia Bullrich, during an assault in the Buenos Aires district of Lomas de Zamora, refused today to testify before the prosecutor in the case and will remain in prison, judicial sources reported.
Meanwhile, the arrested minor will be taken tomorrow to testify before the Juvenile Criminal Responsibility Juvenile Court (FRPJ) of Lome, the sources added and pointed out that with information that emerged in the last few hours, investigators were working on the search for a new suspect.
Judicial sources reported that two of the three arrested yesterday, Nicolás Axel Emiliano Rojas (20), alias “Pelusa”; and MPRM (20), refused to testify this afternoon when questioned by prosecutor Pablo Rossi, from the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) 18 of Lomas de Zamora.
During the investigation, the judicial investigator charged them with the crimes of “robbery aggravated by the use of a firearm (two incidents) and homicide criminis causa.” According to the spokespersons, after the investigation, the two suspects will continue to be detained at the disposal of the Guarantee Justice.
At the same time, yesterday a 17-year-old teenager was also arrested and will be taken to testify tomorrow before prosecutor Juan Ignacio Colazo of UFI 2 of the FRPJ.
Also yesterday, Minister Bullrich, when confirming the arrests of the last two suspects – two brothers aged 20 and 17 – said on her account on the social network X that they were looking for a “new accomplice.” “We are going for him. All those responsible are going to pay for what they did,” she said.
According to official information, yesterday morning one of the accused was arrested in the Buenos Aires city of San Pedro, while two others were later located in a precarious home located in a vacant lot in the Buenos Aires town of Marcos Paz. Meanwhile, the operations of the Argentine Federal Police and the province of Buenos Aires continued to locate another possible participant in the incident.
Although initially the prosecutor in the case, Pablo Rossi, had reported that there were four who acted, whom he considered to be co-participants, the Justice Department confirmed that they are working on a new suspect, although they did not clarify if it is because there were actually five criminals. in the event or because any of the detainees did not have direct participation.
The first arrested in the case is Patricio Valentín García (22), who was located the same day of Umma’s crime during a raid on his home, in which a black jacket with white stripes was seized “similar to the one worn by one of the girl’s murderers when it was filmed,” according to sources.
Meanwhile, yesterday morning, Axel Emiliano Rojas (20), alias “Pelusa”, was arrested in a house in the Buenos Aires city of San Nicolás, who according to the investigations has physical similarities with one of the murderers who was recorded by the cameras. security of the place where the crime occurred.
Rojas had fled from the Lomas de Zamora district, where he lives, to San Pedro in a gray Peugeot 307, which was also kidnapped in that Buenos Aires city.
Later, in another operation carried out in Marcos Paz, MPRM (20) was detained, who was arrested because he had left his mark on the stolen black Toyota Corolla in which Umma’s murderers were traveling.
Along with him, his 17-year-old brother was also arrested as an alleged member of the gang that killed the girl, although because he was a minor his situation must be resolved by the Juvenile Criminal Responsibility Justice of Lomas de Zamora.
Judicial sources said that Rojas and MPRM will be investigated by prosecutor Rossi, from the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) 18 of Lomas de Zamora, who classified the case as “robbery aggravated by the use of a firearm (two incidents) and homicide.” criminis causa”.
The crime was recorded last Monday at 8:48, when PFA officer Eduardo Aguilera (42), who works in Bullrich’s custody team, left dressed in civilian clothes and with his daughter Umma aboard his Ford Ka car. garage of his house located on Pío Baroja street, a few meters from the intersection with Paris street, in the town of Villa Centenario, in Lomas de Zamora.
When the police officer had not yet turned onto the street, a black Toyota Corolla stolen minutes before interrupted his path. Two armed criminals got out and approached with the intention of robbing him, according to what was recorded by a security camera.
Aguilera accelerated with the intention of fleeing, at which point the assailants shot towards the rear of the vehicle and wounded the girl with a shot in the back of the head, who later died at the Churruca Hospital.
