Former National Police sergeant Julio Angel Díaz Guzmán was sentenced to three months pre-trial custody at Najayo Jail by National District judge José Alejandro Vargas on Tuesday, 12 February 2019. He is accused of the murder of 32-year old Paola Gisselle Rojas Santana who died after receiving a fist blow from Díaz Guzmán on Saturday, 9 February. The blow was given by the policeman after he took the woman’s mobile, slammed it into a wall and the woman slapped him on his face. The man would call 911 after delivering the lethal blow. A video that has circulated online shows the moment of the blow.
The husband of Rojas Santana, Manuel Cabrera said that the former police had an obsession with his wife, whom he had met many years ago. He lamented the report from the National Institute of Forensic Sciences (Inacif) that said his wife had died of non-violent death.
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13 February 2019
