The mayor of Colonia declares before the Prosecutor’s Office that he killed two people while driving drunk

The mayor of Colonia declares before the Prosecutor’s Office that he killed two people while driving drunk

September 19, 2023 – 1:50 p.m.

The Public Ministry plans to request the indictment of Héctor Curutchet for homicide in the next few hours.

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The councilor accused of killing two people in a traffic incident testifies today before the Prosecutor’s Office of Cologne in front of SAndra Fleitas, who already has in his possession the results of the skills, Therefore, it is planned to begin the investigation against the politician as a homicide.

Prosecutor Sandra Fleitas will take the statement of Hector Curutchet, white councilor for the department of Cologne, who is accused of kill two people in a traffic incident while driving drunk. This instance will serve to inform the councilor about the evidence that the Prosecutor’s Office against him.

In this sense, the Public ministry plans to request the formalization of the investigation against Curutchet for the crime of homicide. After the investigation, and depending on the evidence gathered against the mayor of the National Partythe Prosecutor’s Office could request the politician’s indictment.

However, this movement is not yet defined and we are waiting to know what the arguments are in defense of Curutchet. In relation to this, from the National Party They are awaiting the accusations of the Prosecutor’s Office to make some determination. Meanwhile, the mayor of Cologne, Carlos Moreira, He said last week that he is waiting to find out if Curutchet will resign from his position as director of the department’s Hippodrome.

The facts

On Saturday the 9th of this month, the nationalist councilorAt approximately 2:35 in the morning, he rear-ended a Fiat Fiorino truck that was parked on the shoulder due to mechanical damage, as well as another Volkswagen vehicle that had stopped to help him. The politician was heading towards Juan Lacaze on route 1, at kilometer 144.

The politician was traveling on the route with 1.51 grams of blood alcohol according to the alcohol test carried out on the mayor. The 50-year-old man, owner of a vehicle parked on the shoulder, died instantly, while the woman who parked to help him – who was an official of the Ministry of Interior and he was 37 years old – he died on Saturday afternoon when he was in a health center in serious condition.

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