The investigating prosecutor Raúl Garzón formalized the request to send to trial the case for the murder of Agostina Madeleine Vega, the 14-year-old girl found dead in May in the city of Córdoba. The investigations incorporated into the judicial file allowed for the main charge against Claudio Gabriel Barrelier, 34, as the material author of the act. Additionally, the resolution from the Public Prosecutor's Office includes 5 other accused for personal favoring actions carried out after the commission of the criminal act.
The legal figure charged against Claudio Gabriel Barrelier corresponds to triple qualified homicide, contemplating the aggravating factors of premeditation, criminis causa, and gender violence. The intervening prosecutor specified that this classification includes the application of a life sentence in case the court issues a firm conviction. Regarding the other 5 involved, including the partner of the main suspect, the prosecution determined that they took actions aimed at facilitating the impunity of the aggressor.
The judicial reconstruction of the crime was based on technical evidence, findings of genetic material, and expert reports collected at the crime scene by investigators. The evidence corroborated a prior scheme based on deception and seductive invitations to the victim before the fatal aggression occurred inside Barrelier's home. Simultaneously, the prosecution ordered the elevation to trial of a second criminal file originating in May 2025 that involves the same main accused.
Raul Garzón, prosecutor of the case
Investigation of background and related judicial cases
The previous case from 2025 investigates the crimes of qualified unlawful deprivation of liberty and attempted sexual abuse with carnal access committed against another young woman. That victim managed to escape from the property, allowing for the collection of evidence about a modus operandi identical to that applied in the case of the 14-year-old girl. The instruction of that previous file was reactivated by prosecutor Raúl Garzón after the murder of Agostina Vega, achieving its technical resolution in approximately one hundred days.
The criminalistic and psychiatric reports confirmed coincidences in the behavioral pattern displayed by the accused in both events analyzed by the Justice. Additionally, the collection of testimonies and evidentiary elements allowed for the detection of the possible commission of other derived offenses that will continue under judicial investigation. Among these lines of analysis are facts related to the trafficking of narcotics, activities in nightclubs, and episodes of physical violence in those environments.
The complementary actions will be referred to specialized prosecutors to continue with the corresponding processing according to the competencies of each specific jurisdiction. The ordinary courts must set the dates for the oral and public debates against the 6 accused. The resolution issued by the Public Prosecutor's Office closes the preparatory instruction stage and leaves the case ready for definitive judgment by the criminal chamber.
