A 70-year-old man convicted of killing his pregnant wife has left the Argentine jungle where he has lived since escaping from prison more than 20 years ago.
Ramón Ángel Abregú, 70, reentered Tierra del Fuego, an archipelago near the southern tip of the country, this week after crossing four border points, two in Argentina and two in Chile, without documents, according to local media Clarín.
Abregú lived undetected in the Chaco Salteño jungle after his escape in February 2001, reappearing after the crime expired.
He arrived at the Criminal Court of First Instance of Río Grande to request the prescription of the case, which indicates prescription.
“The statute of limitations is 20 years, which is the time in which he managed to remain a fugitive living in hiding,” his lawyer Alejandro De la Riva told the local media.
Ramón Ángel Abregú, 70, emerged from the Argentine rainforest where he has lived since escaping from prison more than 20 years ago.Breaking News
“He served his sentence that way.”
Abregú was sentenced to 20 years in prison in September 2000 for shooting his wife Eva Falcón, seven months pregnant, four times at a Rio Grande medical clinic in January of that year.
He was found guilty of feminicide, intentional homicide based on gender.
Abregú lived undetected in the Chaco Salteño jungle for more than 22 years and reappeared in the archipelago after his crime expired. Breaking news
Months after his sentence, Abregú escaped to Chile in a truck heading to the Sebastián Border Crossing.
Then he would return to the country and live in the Northern Province, in the jungle, according to Clarín.
He managed to escape from prison by taking advantage of security deficiencies, the local media stated.
Abregú was sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2000 for killing his pregnant wife Eva Falcón by shooting her four times at a medical center in Río Grande, Argentina. Breaking news
At that time there were three officers guarding 23 inmates.
When Abregú’s absence was noticed during the shift change, he had already been absent for half a day.
It is not clear if Abregú will be free to live the remaining years of his life within society.
He is currently detained in the Río Grande Detention Unit while his defense requests his release.
Sources close to the prosecution said his release “is not so automatic” as there are legal issues surrounding his case.
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