• Event: A neighbor of Monesterio, arrested for the disappearance four years ago of Manuela Chavero

  • Newspaper archive The search for Manuela Chavero ends unsuccessfully

Eugenio Delgado, 28, arrested last night by agents of the UCO of the Civil Guard, confessed this morning before the agents that he was the author of the crime of Manuela Chavero, the 42-year-old woman who disappeared at dawn from 4 to 5 July 2016 without a trace.

However, he has clarified that he did it due to "an accident" and has been in favor of collaborating with the investigation, so it is planned that this morning he will accompany the agents to the place where he has hidden the body of the victim. for more than four years.

They will do so accompanied by the head of the Zafra Court, where the case is being investigated.

The confessed perpetrator of the crime has collapsed before the Civil Guard during interrogation after four years of silence and misleading the family and the investigation, even targeting other possible authors of the crime during this time.

The detainee's house, at number 29 on Calle El Cerezo, sealed by the Civil Guard.DAVID VIGARIO

It so happens that the detainee, 24 years old when the events occurred, and Manuela Chavero lived on the same street, El Cerezo, separated only by two houses, in the town of Monesterio (Badajoz).

The detainee's is on the corner and Chavero's is located about ten meters up a very steep street.

At this time of the morning, when it starts to rain copiously after a few hours of truce, two Civil Guard agents guard the house of the confessed author, a house that has been sealed since he was detained inside it last night, where in addition a search was carried out to find conclusive evidence.

The family has suspected throughout the time of Manuela Chavero's disappearance that the detainee could be one of the suspects in the crime and thus they had transmitted it to the investigating agents, highlighting that "he was obsessed with it", in addition to being a "violent" person.

However, the Civil Guard has so far never been able to find conclusive evidence for his arrest.

An anonymous letter received by Emilia, a sister of Manuela Chavero, a few weeks ago and a new search at the house of the disappeared person this past August 27 accelerated the investigation until the judge yesterday issued a search warrant for the suspect's house. by profession and truck driver in recent times- and his arrest.

The home of Manuela Chavero, at 15 Calle El Cerezo, a few meters from that of the arrested DAVID VIGARIO

The family, and especially his sister Emilia, has fought tirelessly so that the investigation does not decline.

It was always suspected that it could be a person close to the missing woman's environment.

In February 2017, the Civil Guard seized three vehicles of a suspect in the disappearance of Manuela Chavero, but finally the evidence was not conclusive for his arrest.

The UCO had recently re-registered Manuela Chavero's own home, specifically on August 27, in addition to some areas of Monesterio (less than 4,500 inhabitants) with the aim of finding new evidence.

The last time Manuela Chavero was seen was on the night of July 4, 2016, when she was with a friend, who was the last person to see her.

Later she returned to her home, on the outskirts of Monesterio, in the La Noria Urbanization, and there she lost her trail.

The next day, his relatives found nothing forced into the house and on his bed were the pants he had worn the day before.

The light in the living room and kitchen were on, as was the television.

His wallet and mobile phone were also located at the house.

The mayor of the town, Antonio Garrote, has indicated that if the indications of the responsibility of the crime are finally confirmed, the family and also the people will be able to rest from the uncertainty that they have experienced during these four years.

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