Accused in Fatal Barracas Boarding House Fire Attack Declines to Testify
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The oral trial for the incendiary attack that took place on 5 May 2024 in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood of Barracas, in which Andrea Amarante, Pamela Cobbas and Mercedes Roxana Figueroa died and survived Sofía Castro Riglos, began on Monday before the Criminal and Correctional Court No. 5 of the Federal Capital. The accused, Justo Fernando Barrientos, 69 years old, comes to the debate in custody and prosecuted for homicide aggravated by hatred …
Accused in fatal Barracas boarding house fire attack declines to testify
Man accused of killing three women in alleged hate crime refuses to testify at opening hearing; Prosecutors allege deadly 2024 fire targeting four lesbians was motivated by hatred over their sexual orientation. Leer más
Latin American Summary, May 19, 2026 On Monday the trial of Fernando Barrientos, the accused for the triple lebicide of Barracas, occurred on May 6, 2024. They demand that it be treated as a hate crime, and the full reparation for Sofia, the only survivor. This Monday 18 began the oral trial [...] La entrada Feminismos. Argentina. Begins the trial for the triple lebicide of Barracas was first published in Latin American Summary.
Pamela Cobbas (52 years old), Roxana Figueroa (52 years old) and Andrea Amarante (42 years old) died from severe burns, while Sofia Castro Riglos (51 years old) survived with significant injuries that led to her being hospitalized for several weeks and with sequels until today. The court judges the attack that occurred in the early morning of May 6, 2024 in a boarding house in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Barracas. Justo Fernando Barrientos …
The Oral Criminal and Correctional Court No. 5 of the Federal Capital began the trial this Monday against Justo Fernando Barrientos, the 69-year-old man accused of starting a fire in a hotel in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Barracas in May 2024, an incident that resulted in the deaths of three lesbian women and left a fourth victim with severe burns. During the first hearing of the trial… Source
The 69-year-old defendant is accused of starting a fire in a hotel where four lesbian women lived, an attack that left three dead and one survivor with severe burns. The case is being tried as a hate crime with gender-based violence and carries a sentence of life imprisonment. Continue reading at Pura Ciudad: Barracas: The man accused of killing three women because of their sexual orientation refused to testify at the start of the trial
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