Triple crime
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| Native name | Triple crimen |
|---|---|
| Date | August 13, 2008 |
| Location | General Rodríguez, Argentina |
| Type | Murder |
| Organised by | "La Morsa" (identity unknown) |
| Deaths | Sebastián Forza Damián Ferrón Leopoldo Bina |
| Suspects | Aníbal Fernández Esteban Pérez Corradi José Luis Salerno |
| Convicted | Cristian Lanatta Martín Lanatta Víctor Schilacci Marcelo Schilacci |
The Triple crime (Spanish: Triple crimen) took place in General Rodríguez, Argentina, on August 13, 2008.
The event
Three pharmaceutical businessmen, Sebastián Forza, Damián Ferrón and Leopoldo Bina, had been reported missing on August 7, 2008. They met at a supermarket in Sarandí, Buenos Aires. They were found dead in General Rodríguez the following August 13. They had been shot and partially buried, and had evidence of recent torture.[1]
Forza's widow said that the deaths were a mafia message for other people. She said that her husband had paid $250,000 for protection to a man known as "La Morsa" (Spanish: the walrus). This is the pseudonym of a man who could not be identified. She claimed that she heard that it was a man with a moustache.[1] She suspected that it may be Esteban Pérez Corradi, a creditor of Forza, because her late husband feared him.[2]
The investigations in the following days revealed that the three men had ties with narcotrafficking cartels. The drugstore of José Luis Salerno, a former associate of Ferrón, was closed. Forza and Ferrón had a lab in Ingeniero Maschwitz to manufacture illegal drugs.[1]
The import of ephedrine was restricted a month later, limiting it only to the labs that prepare legal drugs that contain it.[3] It was also discovered that Forza financed the political campaign of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner during the 2007 general elections.[1]
Cristian Lanatta, Martín Lanatta, Víctor Schilacci and Marcelo Schilacci were detained and sentenced for the killings. Esteban Pérez Corradi is still at large.[1]
Journalist Jorge Lanata (unrelated to Cristian and Martín) interviewed Salerno and Martín Lanatta in 2015. They claimed that Aníbal Fernández (minister of Justice at the time) was "La Morsa", the mastermind of the crime. They claimed that Fernández ordered the killing of Forza, Ferrón and Bina because they may have attempted to secure the illegal drug trade operation for themselves.[1] The house of Jorge Lanata was attacked with stones two days later, and several .38 caliber bullet casings were found after the attack.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Los puntos clave del Triple Crimen del que acusan a Aníbal F." (in Spanish). Perfil. August 3, 2015. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Triple crimen: la esposa de Forza dijo que su marido le tenía "terror" a Pérez Corradi". La Nación (in Spanish). September 20, 2012. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ Nicolás Pizzi (August 3, 2014). "Kirchner conocía la trama de la importación irregular de efedrina" (in Spanish). Clarín. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|trans_title=ignored (|trans-title=suggested) (help) - ^ "Jorge Lanata denunció que apedrearon la garita de su edificio y le dejaron casquillos de bala". La Nación (in Spanish). August 4, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
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