Maria Cash: the Numbers of the Quiniela, the Delirious Argument of the Prosecutor that the Judge Destroyed by Dismissing the Truck Driver

In a ruling of 429 pages, the federal judge of Salta, Mariela Giménez, dismissed the truck driver Héctor Romero (72), last to see the young woman alive, 14 years ago.By the end of 2024, the prosecutor Eduardo Villalba had accused him with a battery of clues, including the numbers he played in the Tombola Saltaña and Jujeña.

The Justice of Salta overruled Héctor Romero, the 71-year-old truck driver who was under suspicion in the framework of the investigation for the disappearance and possible crime of Maria Cash. According to reports, the determination to dismiss Romero was based on the fact that “there is not enough evidence to involve him in the case.” Maria Cash disappeared in July 2011, and the case was the subject of a long and complex search for answers.The f…

The Federal Court No. 2 of Salta ruled the dismissal of the 71-year-old truck driver Héctor Romero, who was the only one charged in the case for the disappearance of María Cash, which occurred on July 8, 2011. Romero had been charged with "homicide aggravated by alevosia" and was in pretrial detention since November 2023, although in December he benefited from house arrest for health reasons. Judge Mariela Giménez ordered his immediate release o…

Héctor Romero, the truck driver who would have seen the young designer for the last time in 2011, was charged with aggravated homicide. A lawyer and a doctor accused of false testimony were also released from the proceedings.