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.
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