Judge Fernando Pinos Guevara, who was in charge of the case investigating the triple murder with a narco seal, reported being the victim of robberies and threats, while expressing: "I am afraid." The magistrate spoke with the Argentine News Agency and stated: "The first event occurred on November 2nd and another during Christmas Eve. These are intimidations aimed at me for revenge." "We were returning from a 15th birthday party, we arrived at 6 in the morning, we parked the truck to put it in the garage, my wife was driving. When they returned, they found their home 'turned upside down': 'They took my son's console and other items of little value.' "They opened an urn with ashes, threw away a gold watch and a safe. I suspected they might do something to us and it was confirmed," said Pinos Guevara. The idea was not to steal anything, but to make us feel panic. They left us a message," he stated. In this sense, he confirmed that from this Wednesday there is a police guard at his home, and therefore asked the authorities not to cease the measure: "The security of my family is my priority and it is at serious risk." "I hope the custody is maintained for a while and not only during the public exposure of the case because I am afraid that something else might happen," he added. The judicial official considered that his role in the investigation into the murders of Morena Verdi, Brenda Loreley Del Castillo, and Lara Gutiérrez has generated "many things" despite having other files related to narco-criminal organizations. "I had been presuming this situation for a few months. I got out of the car, and a car coming the wrong way appeared with five men, three of them armed with 9-millimeter caliber pistols," he recalled. One of the robbers approached Pinos Guevara, placed the weapon on his temple, while the other criminals headed towards the vehicle where the mother-in-law, wife, and children of the marriage were. According to his testimony, the aggressor took the car keys and the cell phone from him: "I asked him to remove my children from the car and he pointed the gun at the back of my neck again, while the children handed over their phones until two other vehicles circulating in the area honked and left." The truck was recovered a few hours later in the Fuerte Apache neighborhood, the perpetrators abandoned the place, and the cell phones were not found. The second event occurred during the Christmas Eve celebration, when the family was at a weekend house.
