President of the Instruction Court No. 3 of Murcia Last week I started listening to people who were in the spotlight after the fire. HE 13 people lost their lives in the incident that occurred on October 1. This Tuesday, the testimony continued and two more suspects appeared before the investigating judge: the Teatre manager, Juan English Redand the person responsible for the facility, Eva Martínez, sister of businessman (the alleged owner of the room) Marco Martínez, who was in the Caribbean and returned to the Territory. The first one did not want to testify; The second blamed the DJ.
The first to take the stage this Tuesday was Eva Martínez; Eva Martínez insisted that Teatre had all the paperwork in order and had a contract for that night. DJ Carlos R. is the organizer of the ‘We Remember’ party, where the cold fire machine was used. this would cause deadly fire. He actually tried to throw the ball: he argued: Carlos R. was responsible for organizing everything related to the incident.
DJ’s lawyer Raúl Pardo-Geijo stated that his client’s He didn’t organize the party but was just a DJ. is responsible for playing music and providing other DJs, while the rest, such as lights beverage sales or security depending on room. In fact, Carlos R., in his opinion, will not have any liability for this incident, whether he “hired or not” the owner of the cold fire engine that caused the fire. The activity is not considered “hazardous” and does not require special licenses or permits..
The lawyer emphasized that this was a document dated 2019, although the responsible person presented this Tuesday a contract allegedly signed by the DJ, in which Teatre was released from any liability for damages that may occur: The disc jockey then Requested that this clause be removed from future contracts. “He cannot answer anything in the three parties he celebrates in 2023: this is illegal,” says Pardo-Geijo.
We return to Eva Martínez entering the courts sunglasses and mask to cover your faceHe only answered his lawyer’s questions, José María Caballero Salinas. When leaving, this lawyer emphasized that “everything was fine” at the club. Caballero Salinas also represents Juan Inglés Rojo exercising his right of expression. He also tried to hide his face with a mask and cap and was evasive to the media.
Francisco Javier Verdú, lawyer representing his interests InnAfter the statement, he stated that the person in charge of the Teatre assured that all the documents of the discotheque were in order, although he admitted that in the days after the fire the Murcia City Council was under an order to stop the operation of the discotheque. was not given, he came to be executed.
On Tuesday of next week, it is the turn of Marco Martínez, the defendant in his time He defied National Police investigatorsHe summoned him to testify as a defendant because he filed a criminal complaint. caribbean. Especially, Margarita Islandwhere he started another business beach club. Martínez is a well-known nightlife businessman in the District (once with bars such as ZM, El Palmero, Splash, Flamingo or Teatre) and has chosen to expand his business to the other side of the lake. Three and a half months after the tragedy that claimed the lives of thirteen people, this nightlife businessman He returned to the Region with the first publication of this newspaper.
The following Tuesday, February 13, the person responsible for Fonda, the room where the thirteen bodies were found, will have to testify.