• Galicia: A man murders his ex-wife, his former mother-in-law and his former sister-in-law in the town of Valga in Pontevedra
  • Gender violence: The triple murder drama of Valga: two children deprived of their most direct family
  • Investigation: Provisional imprisonment for the author of the triple crime while investigating the origin of the weapon

José Luis Abet Lafuente , a confessed author of the shooting death of his ex-wife, his ex-mother-in-law and his former sister-in-law this week in the town of Valga in Pontevedra, has lost the parental rights of his two youngest children, ages 4 and 7, They witnessed the triple crime while they were in the backseat of a car ready to go to school.

The titular magistrate of the Court of Instruction number 2 of Caldas de Reis (Pontevedra), who has taken charge of the investigation of the triple murder, has made the decision on Tuesday and personally communicated it to the directly affected.

José Luis Abet entered yesterday in the prison of A Lama , in Pontevedra, as investigated for three crimes of murder and this Wednesday in the early morning he was transferred from there to the courts of Caldas, where, as reported by the Superior Court from Xustiza de Galicia , a series of proceedings were carried out.

The children were also transferred to the court, who have been in the care of their family for the last two days - specifically, of a great-uncle, but surrounded by more relatives. Inside the building a group of specialists met with them and the researcher was also heard. In any case, judicial sources have confirmed that the minors and their father were not seen at any time.

Judicial sources have confirmed, in addition, that the minors were taken a statement inside the court with all the guarantees and to avoid having to re-declare in the oral trial that will be held against their father for the triple murder.

This diligence was carried out with the double objective of minimizing the risk of their secondary victimization and protecting the quality of their testimony as evidence in the course of the process, since it is worth noting that they were the only direct witnesses of the triple crime.

After practicing all the proceedings, and already aware that he had lost the parental rights of his two minor children - he has another 25 years of a previous marriage -, the man left the judicial building again bound for the prison. He is in interim prison with no bail, although there is still no record that he has received any visits.

Pending custody grant

After the suspension of parental rights to the only father who was left alive, the judge must make a decision on who is granted custody of the minors, who at the time of the crime were inside the same car as their mother, Sandra Boquete Jamardo , separated from him since two years ago and his first victim. At the moment, they are under the care of a great-uncle on a temporary basis and it is known that there are several relatives who offered to take care of them.

José Luis Abet allegedly shot his ex-wife four times through the window and then killed his former sister-in-law and children's aunt, Alba Boquete , near the car and his former mother-in-law and grandmother of the minors, María Elena Jamardo , a few meters inside the same farm of the house.

Within the framework of the investigation that follows about this triple crime, and that the Judicial Police Brigade of the Pontevedra Civil Guard Commander captains, a police patrol moved this Wednesday, after 48 hours of the triple crime, to the place of the facts and has collected a series of evidence from within. In addition, they continue with another series of proceedings that have not transcended aimed at the total clarification of what happened

The respondent was also in court for the conduct of proceedings (nothing to do with reconstruction of facts). He has been told that parental authority is suspended.

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