specialists Scientific Police of the Civil Guard In the March 2019 trial in Seville for the death of a legionnaire in Agost, they refuted the version given by the accused military this Wednesday and rejected the backlash hypothesis. Up to five members of the Civil Guard Science Police, all from Madrid, confirmed reports from that department, according to the bullet that killed the deceased soldier. the accused came out of the sergeant’s rifleAccording to the sources of the case collected by Europa Press.
Attempt eight Legion soldiers The case of the death of 21-year-old legionnaire Alejandro Jiménez, in which the Public Ministry indicted only two lieutenants, a captain and a sergeant, was resumed yesterday. Second Military District Court based in Sevilleand after the sergeant’s declaration of innocence, accused of perpetrator of the fatal shooting, Benemérita experts defended the opposite thesis.
through aspects trajectory, distance or chemical componentsAmong other things, these members of the Scientific Police confirmed, for all intents and purposes, the conclusions reached regarding the fact that the bullet that had hit the deceased police officer came from the rifle used by the police. Legion Brigade Sergeant Saul Antonio Guil, In addition, the deadly bullet effect is a the “tab” of a bullet, The approach used by the main defendant in this case.
The trial began last week with the appearance of Legion Brigade sergeant Saúl Antonio Guil. seven years, five months and 15 days in prison.
Maneuvers in August
The incidents occurred during maneuvers at the Agost shooting range on March 25, 2019, where the platoon under the command of Sergeant Saúl Antonio Guil fired a shot. assault exercise on a merlon with four targets.
According to this InvestigationAfter completing the programmed exercise, the sergeant shouted, “Ahead, at the foot of the mountain, the enemy in white,” before this order had been previously provided in the exercise program or brought to the attention of the platoon, “to climb the most advanced binomial to the top of the merlon”, accomplishing this new goal, open fire from the prone position.
In this context, and according to the Prosecutor’s Office, one of the shots fired by the sergeant hit the late legionnaire Alejandro Jiménez “while standing at a distance of about 12.5 meters from the merlon and towards the position”. the same, “the person in the first row on the left flank, at that moment, in a kneeling position on the ground, with the rifle pointed at the ground.”
The bullet hit the tip of the victim’s rifle, “off balance and flipped over, but that didn’t change direction, then hit her body”, causing the victim to be shocked. fatal wound with bullet hole in right hemithorax».
In this context, the accused sergeant named at the hearing admitted that, as “platoon leader”, he had “suddenly” promoted the “second target” after the initial attack on merlon had been completed, and stated that he had fired even though he had fired on the first maneuver. attack, he never did”fire the second enemy» set by itself.
expert reports
In this connection, he stated that he was aware of the expert reports that the bullet that had hit the deceased legionnaire came from the rifle he was using, and that there were 7 cartridge cases fired with the aforementioned weapon in the attacked merlon. These expert reports, according to him, “They’re totally wrong”.
In his own words, he never thought he could be the author of the shot that hit the troops, claiming that “without being an expert in ballistics” he thought that the impact the deceased soldier received would be due to it. “recoil” from a bullet. “This is the only ballistic solution,” he said, noting that Captain A. Cabello, who was also accused in this case, along with Lieutenant R. Gascón and the other lieutenant identified as PF, came to the same conclusion.
In this context, Lieutenant R. Gascón, platoon manager He confirmed as the defendant, stating that he thought the soldier who was hit by a bullet after the “accident”, who was moving in the right part of the maneuvering area, next to the person Sergeant Guil commanded, was the victim of a “kickback”. “from a bullet. It was the most likely option,” said this officer, accused of being involved at the trial.
HE judge Investigating the death of Legionnaire Alejandro Jiménez Cruz at Agost “many versions of what happened” and the “obvious contradiction between the results of the reports and their wording” led those investigated to conclude that they were “trying to hide what really happened, simply by silencing key elements and misrepresenting others, with the sole aim of thwarting the police.” according to the instruction “investigation and forensic and determination of what happened”.