This Wednesday, Romero was transferred to the federal court and there he refrained from testifying, although he was charged with the crime of homicide qualified by treachery. The truck driver was arrested on Tuesday by order of the judge Mariela Gimenez and after confirmation of his arrest, members of the National Gendarmerie transferred the accused to the headquarters of the Federal Police in Salta.
Initially, Romero was only incorporated as a witness, but in recent days his procedural situation changed and he is now detained for his possible connection to Cash’s disappearance. This is in addition to the fact that his statements have been modified over the years.which generated unknowns among investigators and Justice.
According to his initial testimony, the truck driver would have picked up the young woman at the Torzalito roundabout, in the city of General Güemes, and would have taken her to Difunta Correa, in the Palomitas area.
They arrested the truck driver who last saw María Cash, 13 years after her disappearance
More than 13 years after the disappearance of María Cash, they arrested Héctor Romero, truck driver who last saw the 29-year-old girl on July 8, 2011 in Salta and main suspect in the case. It was left at the disposal of the Federal Justice.
His arrest had been ordered by the Federal Court of Guarantees No. 2 of Saltaby the judge Mariela Gimenezand executed by National Gendarmerie personnel. It was located in a family home in the Pereyra Rozas neighborhood, city of Salta.
After the arrest warrant was read to him, he remained silent and was taken to the headquarters of the Salta Delegation of the Argentine Federal Police and was left incommunicado.
13 years after the disappearance of María Cash, the investigation was reactivated
At the beginning of November, the investigation into the disappearance of designer María Cash, last seen on July 8, 2011 in the province of Salta, was reactivated. In this way, the attorney general Eduardo Villalba ordered the summons of key witnesses to reconstruct the young woman’s itinerary, captured at that time by cameras located in the Palomitas area, located about 50 kilometers from the city of Salta, the provincial capital.
Source: Ambito
