Several men seated in a courtroom with police officers standing behind them and a screen displaying security footage in the background — The Coria crime adds to a long list of offenses that originate within provincial prisons | La Derecha Diario

Camara — The Coria crime adds to a long list of offenses that originate within provincial prisons | La Derecha Diario

Córdoba: 4 sentenced to life imprisonment for a crime ordered from Cruz del Eje prison

The murder was ordered by an inmate and carried out by three others. The victim was incinerated in a landfill in the capital

13/06/2025 17:54:00h

Editorial Team

Four men were sentenced to life imprisonment for murdering Daniel Coria, a crime ordered from Cruz del Eje prison. The 6th Criminal Chamber and a popular jury found Pablo Silva, Matías Palacios, Carlos, and Héctor Figueroa guilty. The homicide was classified as remunerated promise and premeditated conspiracy of two or more people.

Silva was detained in Cruz del Eje and was the one who organized and ordered the murder, according to the case file. The motive was a settling of old scores with Coria, according to the prosecutor's hypothesis. The crime was committed in a garbage dump in Parque del Este neighborhood, where the body was incinerated to erase traces.

Several men sitting in a courtroom with handcuffs on their hands and police officers standing behind them.

The homicide was classified as being for remuneration and as a premeditated conspiracy involving two or more people | La Derecha Diario

A planned execution and unanimous conviction

Palacios contacted the victim through Facebook, pretending to offer a job, to lure him into the trap. The Figueroa brothers carried out the murder with a firearm, according to forensic evidence. Prosecutor Martín Berger requested life imprisonment and the jury unanimously supported his request.

Silva and Palacios will be transferred to a federal maximum-security prison by order of the court. The measure seeks to prevent them from continuing to commit crimes from prison, until Córdoba inaugurates Cemax. This case once again highlights the deterioration of the prison system and the role of inmates as crime managers.

Aerial view of a prison complex surrounded by green areas and roads

Silva was being held in Cruz del Eje and was the one who organized and ordered the murder, according to the case file | La Derecha Diario

Coria's murder adds to a long list of crimes that originate within provincial prisons. Meanwhile, citizens live in fear, and there are inmates who continue to operate from cells that should contain them. Justice acted, but the question is why the crime could be ordered from a prison and no one prevented it.

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