The man must serve at least 40 years in prison to only access a prison benefit
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Cristián Torresfrom Santiago, Chile< /i>
“The Beast” entered Chile with a false passport when he was intensely wanted in Mexico for another gender crime
Chilean justice decided to sentence the Mexican citizen known as “The Beast” to life imprisonment for the femicide against her former partner, a young student of only 22 years of age.
The Fourth Court of Oral Criminal Trial of Santiago de Chile sentenced Carlos Humberto Méndez González, 38 years old, to life in prison after last May the man confessed to having killed María Isabel Pavez, the same day they celebrated 6 years of dating.
“ The sentenced Carlos Humberto Mendez González, already individualized, is sentenced to life imprisonment, as the perpetrator of the consummated crime of femicide,” said Judge Laura Assef, thus confirming the action of justice on the femicide.
According to your statement filed last May, the condemned man attacked the woman on December 17, 2020 when “The Beast” learned that she had been unfaithful to him. “In a moment of rage, of anger (…) I realized… the cut It was profound… it didn’t take long for him to lose his life. After that the next thing I did was go to the bathroom to vomit. I couldn’t breathe, I took 4 or 6 painkillers,” said the detainee in court.
María Isabel Pavez was studying obstetrics at the University of Diego Portalesand his body was found on December 23, 2020 in the department of Humberto Méndez located in the heart of Santiago de Chile. After committing the crime, “The Beast” traveled to the city of Valparaíso, located 120 kilometers from the capital, where he hid in a hostel until he was captured by the police.
“The Beast” entered the country in 2009 under the false identity of Igor Yaroslav González González when he was intensely investigated in Mexico for another gender crime against Itzel Barraza, 17 years old, who was his partner in the city of Aguascalientes. This Mexican subject had a double identity. He had been a fugitive from justice in Mexico for 11 years. There was a red broadcast by Interpol, which is a call made by the Mexican police in order to locate this person,” said Juan Carlos Carrasco, prefect inspector of the Investigative Police (PDI). .
Qualified life imprisonment is the maximum sanction that exists in the Chilean justice system, that is, it is a sentence that translates into life imprisonment, but at 40 years in prison may apply for a benefit. As the guilty party has already served 512 days in prison, that amount of time will be credited as dictated by the court.
Testimony of the mother and evidence
The disappearance of María Isabel Pavez shocked Chile and generated a search that ended with the arrest of “The Beast”
Once “The Beast” had been sentenced to prison life qualified, outside the Justice Center, in Santiago, Pavez’s mother, Lorena Zamora, demonstrated her calmness before the ruling of the Chilean courts.
“He is going to pay here in Chile and he is going to pay for my Mari and for Itzel. That leaves me calm. He leaves me alone”, said Zamora, who added that “at least I have peace of mind that this guy will never harm anyone again, that he will be behind bars, that he is finally going to pay for what he did,” said the mother.
According to an investigation by Meganoticias, among the main pieces of evidence against “The Beast ” the existence of a security video of the building where the Mexican lived was highlighted. On December 17, the woman is seen entering this enclosure while days later only the man is seen leaving the house.
“ I want to apologize to the family and the mother, although it is difficult for me to understand what happened and I still haven’t been able to assimilate it, I can’t imagine what it means for the family,” said “The Beast” at the beginning of the trial. oral sentence that sentenced him to spend his whole life behind bars.