The Prosecutor's Office accuses two undocumented Moroccans of committing the murder and raping the former councilwoman
The Prosecutor's Office describes that, faced with the owner's resistance to handing over money, the assailants carried out their threats. They took them to the bathroom, laid them in the bathtub, threw bleach in their faces, and slit their throats. Both bodies were wrapped in a duvet and loaded into the owner's van to be later thrown down a nearby ravine.
The Granada Court began this week the trial with a popular jury for the double murder of Los Yesos, a case that shocked Spain in April 2022 due to the brutality of the events and the profile of the victims: a 47-year-old woman, former councilor of the Partido Popular, and her partner, 61 years old.
Four young men between 22 and 32 years old are in the dock: two Spaniards and two illegal Moroccans. For the latter, identified by the Prosecutor's Office as the direct perpetrators of the murders, a sentence of permanent reviewable imprisonment is being requested. All four are charged with crimes of murder, sexual assault, illegal detention, violent robbery in an inhabited house, illegal possession of weapons, and bodily harm, all aggravated by the use of disguises and balaclavas.
According to the Public Prosecutor's Office, the accused planned the assault days in advance. The objective was to steal everything of value in the farmhouse. On the afternoon of the crime, they met to finalize the plan and left for the property equipped with machetes, a revolver, a homemade pistol, gloves, duct tape, and balaclavas. They forced a window around 7:00 p.m. and waited inside the building for the victims to return.
When the owner arrived, he was attacked, subdued, and tied up. The assailants beat and tortured him, demanding money. Minutes later, the woman arrived, who was also immobilized. According to the accusation, two of the young men sexually assaulted her while the other two witnessed the scene without intervening.
The bodies were found the next day, partially naked, in an area near the farmhouse. The investigation progressed quickly: the four suspects were arrested just 24 hours later and have remained in pretrial detention since then.
In the second session of the trial, held this Tuesday, the two Moroccans admitted to having participated in the murders, although they denied the rape. They claimed that they undressed the woman "all together" to "scare" her partner, a version that contradicts the prosecutor's account and the evidence gathered during the investigation.
The Prosecutor's Office keeps its request for permanent reviewable imprisonment for both as co-authors of the murder of the former PP councilor, as well as sentences exceeding 60 years for each of the four involved. The trial will continue during the week with statements from experts and witnesses.
