The woman who found Castro Urdiales's head: "I told him 'either you go get the package or I'll open it', and he said 'don't even think of it'"

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The key witness in the case known as the case of

, Mari Carmen Mendoza, the woman who found the skull of

in a package that she kept in her closet, today recounted in detail how it came into her hands and how he discovered what its content was.

She has done so during the second session of the trial held at the

against the deceased's partner, Carmen Merino.

The witness, friend and neighbor of the accused, has placed the moment when Carmen gave her the package at

when Jesús María had been missing for weeks.

"She was sick, she couldn't move, she had lumbago or sciatica, I don't remember her. I went to see her to see if she needed anything or for her to clean something for her," the story began.

"My sister had told me that this woman [Carmen Merino] had told her that the Civil Guard was going to come to her house and that she had bought a sex toy to celebrate her birthday, the return of Jesus, and if she could keep it for herself" .

Carmen Merino took advantage of the visit, according to her testimony, to deliver it to her.

"He told me: 'Your sister has already told you about the toys.' 'Yes, she has told me

.

He took the package, he has related, and I keep it at home in the closet of a guest room.

Are they talking about the package again?

the prosecutor asked

Are they talking about the package again?

asked the Prosecutor.

- On one occasion, between jokes or no jokes, I did tell her:

. "

And she told me, "Don't even think about it."

And, look, I opened it.

Mari Carmen Mendoza kept the package, which was wrapped in gift paper and put in a white bag, in the closet until she decided to open it on September 30, 2019.

She did not unpack it because she smelled bad, as had been published, but because she was

of having it in the house.

"I went to the closet. My sister had been sleeping there and my sister has a habit of leaving pajamas in the closet, I went to get them to put them in the washing machine. I saw the bag and I was a little sick of having the plastic bag in the closet , because I don't like plastics because they smell musty," he said.

The moment of the head's discovery and how meticulously wrapped it was described as such.

"I opened it on September 30, it is something that is not forgotten. I removed the plastic bag, I took it to the kitchen... My idea was to leave it in the hallway and take it to the garage. I removed the plastic bag, I removed the paper Then there was a black plastic bag, I untied the knot because they were handmade,

.. They were fat black garbage bags that are opaque... I don't know if I did that for two more bags or one, I think it was four total.

Then I found an oval toiletry bag, which was beige with specks, which I had already seen them on trips.... I opened the toiletry bag and, inside the toiletry bag, more black plastic bag, I opened the bag, more bag black plastic, I think there were two... And I already saw the part of the head".

Seeing the skull, he said, he went to look for his sister.

"I run out. My house communicates through the garage with my sister's, and I went to look for my sister and my brother-in-law. My brother-in-law saw it and said:

.

They then went downstairs, where a civil guard lives who was not at home.

It was his wife who called the agents.

Before the Civil Guard arrived at the house, Mari Carmen Mendoza called Carmen Merino.

"I told her: 'Do you know what was in the package?

Yes, I'm going now? She arrived before the Civil Guard. that the Civil Guard did not arrive".

Carmen Merino, according to the witness, stayed at the door of the building.

"I went downstairs and she didn't give me time to say anything, she told me:

The last thing he spoke with the accused, he has declared is this phrase that he told her:

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