• Judgment. 'Crimen de los Sala': no ​​family, thanks

The only one accused of the crime of María del Carmen Martínez, widow of the former president of Caja Mediterráneo (CAM), her son-in-law Miguel López, anticipated a friend in his mother-in-law's wake who would stop him for 72 hours and then be between "three and four years in pretrial detention . "

Francisco Javier AM , a friend of the family although especially the eldest son of Martínez (Vicente Sala Martínez), has testified at the sixth session of the jury trial at the Provincial Court of Alicante, where he has described the accused, Miguel López, as a man " very outgoing "," nothing discreet "and also" vehemently " .

The witness has referred to his meeting with Lopez in the funeral home hours after the crime , a scene where family disputes are reflected in relation to the companies they had between the victim and his firstborn, on the one hand, and the other three daughters, on the other hand.

He recalled that he approached Miguel López to offer his condolences and that, nervously, he alluded to the fact that the firstborn had been testifying before the Police for four hours and that he expected him to be "sensible, like me" , and told the agents that "there was problems in society but as in all family businesses. "

He then said that "everyone knew that my mother-in-law had lost her mind two years ago," some statements she uttered "very upset, with eyes open and speaking very quickly."

"It was a little scary," said the witness to the jurors, while recalling that Miguel López "spoke very loudly and gesturing his arms" as if "he had taken a 'Red Bull'" despite being in that moment in the funeral home.

He has also indicated that the defendant criticized him that during the previous night, that of the crime, Vicente Sala Martínez met with two of his advisors, to which the witness replied that he was convinced that this meeting would have been held as " personal friends and not advisors "because, in his opinion, the firstborn was very much affected by death.

After these comments, which the witness has confessed to being left "out of place," López continued: "I know that I will be detained for 72 hours , " to which Francisco Javier AM told him to reassure him that the police are not doing so.

But the defendant continued that "this goes like this: I will be detained for 72 hours and then three or four years in pretrial detention . "

The witness has indicated to the jury his discomfort at that conversation, which at that time he considered "crazy", and added that to try to "change third" he told him what the four brothers should do (the firstborn and his three sisters ) was "lock yourself in a room and throw the keys until you reach an agreement," in relation to your differences in family business.

This witness has explained that there was a "very strong and hard confrontation" between Vicente Sala Martínez and his sisters for the economic issue , within relations that deteriorated "little by little" following the death from illness a few years before the father.

This statement has come a day in which the housekeeper of the victim, María Milagros J., has also testified that she explained that the daughters did not eat with their mother or talk to her since six months before the murder ( since June 29, 2016).

After defining López "nervous and with a loud voice" and the victim as "affable and simple" , he added that, despite not sharing a table and tablecloth with his mother, the sisters did take both lunch and dinner from the address of the victim

María del Carmen Martínez passed away on the afternoon of December 9, 2016 after receiving two shots in the head made at close range when she went to pick up her vehicle at the Novocar car dealership, owned at that time of the family and managed by Miguel López, husband of the victim's youngest daughter, Eva Fuensanta Sala Martínez, known as Fanny.

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