Lawyer says suspect in Trujillo massacre was at home during quadruple murder: “He was resting”

Ángel Bocanegra’s lawyer says the detained man was at home resting when four people were killed in Trujillo, and that the investigation has so far produced no evidence tying him to the crime.

Attorney David Maldonado Jara said police reviewed Bocanegra’s cellphone after his detention but found no information connecting him to the killings. “My client is innocent. He was at home resting, they took him out and came looking for him at 3 a.m. (…) They checked my client’s phone and found no evidence linking him to this act,” Maldonado Jara said.

The defense also questioned how police identified and detained the suspects. According to the lawyer, the physical characteristics of those detained differ from those of the people seen in images recorded during the attack. He argued that the identification used by police was not sufficient to establish Bocanegra’s participation in the quadruple homicide.

The investigation continues as authorities seek to determine who took part in the attack and what motivated it. Further procedures and forensic examinations will assess the possible responsibility of the detainees, while the defense says Bocanegra’s presence at home must be checked against the evidence.

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My client is innocent. He was at home resting, they took him out and came looking for him at 3 a.m. (…) They checked my client’s phone and found no evidence linking him to this act.