From the effectiveness of the penalty, the defender was officially left from his club, left football and must serve his sentence.
The former player of Boca and Deportivo Morón, Nahuel Zárate He traveled by various stages in the world of football with the dream of becoming a figure. However, his career was truble abruptly by a Road accident in 2018 which must meet a penalty of five years in effective prison.
This tragic fact that had definitive judicial consequences and not only marked its present, but also its future. The unfortunate death of two people Innocent show the importance of responsibility at the wheel.
Nahuel Zarate
Nahuel Zárate’s career in football
Formed in the lower Boca JuniorsNahuel Zárate debuted in the first team in 2013, being selected by coach Carlos Bianchi to participate in a preseason. Since then, his career was brewing in different teams. After passing through Boca, he played in different categories of Argentine football, such as Jujuy Gymnastics, Güemes and Caseros studentsamong others, which allowed him to acquire experience in promotion.
In the course of his sports career, Zárate stood out for his defensive capacity. His technical and physical profile led him to be signed by Morón Deportivoteam of the First National, where he got to play high level matches. However, situations external to his performance on the court forced him to retire from football.
A fatal clash and the judicial consequences for the footballer
He September 9, 2018during the early morning, Nahuel Zárate starred in a road accident on General Paz Avenue, in the area of Villa Riachuelo. It was driving a Volkswagen Scirocco at extremely high speeds, with figures that exceeded the 190 km/hwhile driving under the influence of alcohol. The technical expertise determined that their blood alcohol level reached 1.74 grams per literwhich widely exceeds the limit allowed by law. In addition, it was found that the player had a telephone conversation at the time of the incident.
The impact was devastating: the vehicle in which he was traveling violently on the back of a taxi, which caused the death of two people on the spotidentified as Norberto Brienza (55 years) and Néstor Mormandi (54 years). The magnitude of the accident and the reckless conduction verification in extremely aggravated conditions led to justice initiating a prolonged judicial process.
For years, Zárate appealed various resolutions based on the interpretation of the crime of Double aggravated guilty homicide. However, after insistent resources, the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation confirmed, on May 15, 2025, the conviction to Five years in effective prisontogether with the disqualification to drive for a prolonged period. The ruling, signed by Judges Horacio Rosatti, Carlos Rosenkrantz and Ricardo Lorenzetti, left the sentence that obliges the former defense man to fulfill his penalty.
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