The preliminary hearing against Gustavo Adolfo Agamez, named as the alleged person responsible for the murder of Juan Esteban Alzate, in an article of transmileniowas the opportunity to learn details of the investigation that the Prosecutor’s Office structured to clarify the crime. The video from the security camera of the bus, the telephone interceptions, the statements of witnesses and some relatives are part of the body of evidence against the detainee. Despite the evidence, the defendant pleaded not guilty.
The diligence was held on the morning of this Friday, in which, after legalizing the capture, the prosecutor in the case made a detailed recount of the moment of the events, to charge him with the crime of aggravated homicide, as the victim was a minor. age, and request an insurance measure from the prison. The way in which he acted that night of the murder, his escape and intention to hide in another city and the other judicial investigations against him were the arguments to consider Agamez a danger to society.
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At the hearing, with video on the air, the prosecutor narrated the facts in detail. There were eight minutes of intolerance and exacerbated violence, in which Juan Esteban, 15, is seen doing everything possible to avoid a confrontation; two other people doing everything to support her, and an appearance on stage by Ágamez, who, without having anything to do with the initial conflict, ended up being responsible for the fatal outcome and the only one who is before the courts.
After the crime, the entire investigative capacity of the CTI and the Prosecutor’s Office was deployed, which, with the recording in their possession, first made public the images of the main suspect and then offered a millionaire reward, which quickly paid off. It was a person close to Ágamez’s family who alerted the authorities. She not only gave clues about his location, but also gave the phone numbers of the suspect and his partnerkey to carry out telephone interceptions.
The recordings of their conversations today allow the Prosecutor’s Office to be fully certain of their responsibility. In them, he not only talked with his partner about his escape plans, about cutting his hair and wearing a mask to go unnoticed, but about how much he liked that people believed he was Venezuelan because of his coastal accent and how this could mislead The authorities. Finally, his confession, after talking with several of his relatives. He apologized to his mother and father: “I did it, I killed that boy. Sorry dad.”
In less than a week, like few times, they tracked him down and found his whereabouts. On Thursday they captured him and brought him to Bogotá to answer for his crime. Although he has pleaded not guilty, it is difficult to ignore the evidence against him. However, during the hearing, his defense attorney suggested that he not accept charges and even, as is his duty, rejected the request for an incarceration measure.
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He asked that they grant him the benefit of house arrest and, in the event that he was sent to prison, that his place of detention be in Montería (Córdoba), to be close to his family. To dismiss the evidence, the defender stated: “As seen in the video, his intention was not to kill him. That is a mere presumption.”
The diligence ended almost at 2:00 in the afternoon and the judge, who stressed that he had already exceeded his working hours, He suspended the hearing and called for Tuesday, at 7:30 in the morning, to define whether Ágamez will wait for the trial to unfold in prison or at home. While this is happening, the family of Juan Esteban Alzate feels their emptiness.
Regarding the people with whom the young man had the initial discussion, although they did not wield the murder weapon, it is worth noting that it was their intolerance that caused the fatal outcome. Is there any criminal liability? That will be the new task that remains in the hands of the Prosecutor’s Office.