Edwin Guerrero received the news of the freedom of his ex-partner, the nurse, with rage and indignation. Yenny Alexandra Higuera Casallas, the main suspect in the murder of her son Samuel on Buritaca beach on April 3, 2022.
Guerrero had repeatedly warned the media about the possibility of this happening, due to the constant postponements of the hearings that led to the expiration of terms and they benefited Higuera Casallas.
The case of Samuel Guerrero, a boy from Bogotá, whose body was found lifeless in the sea of Santa Marta, has generated deep frustration in his father. He expressed that although the Prosecutor’s Office had all the necessary evidentiary elements to advance with the judicial process, the delays in the hearings have allowed Higuera Casallas to face trial in freedom.
Edwin Guerrero expressed his despair and pain in this regard., regretting the lack of justice for his son.
Higuera Casallas’ statements maintain that Samuel’s death was an accident. However, authorities have presented evidence that directly implicates her in the murder.
The Prosecutor’s Office could not hold the hearings when the court requested it. The court also gives very long dates, the next hearing date is August 30 (the trial
The opinion of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences concluded that the child died from asphyxiation caused by prolonged immersion in water, a fact that contradicts the mother’s version.
“The Prosecutor’s Office could not hold the hearings when the court requested it. The court also gives very long dates, the next hearing date is August 30 (the trial). It is something that breaks one’s heart because justice was not given and these unjust actions attract more injustice, because anyone who harms a child sees the example and knows that they can be freed,” Edwin Guerrero expressed helplessly. , who loses hope of seeing justice for the death of his son.
The accusation against Higuera Casallas is for the crime of aggravated homicide, and the Prosecutor’s Office has requested a sentence of 500 to 700 months in prison.
However, Guerrero fears that, by facing trial in freedom, Higuera Casallas could escape again.
“Today the child’s death remains unpunished. Everything I have suffered, what I have cried, is a waste. All the effort I have given is thrown away,” added the father.
Edwin Guerrero describes Yenny Higuera Casallas as a “coward who messed with a defenseless child.”
She also acknowledges that she fears for her own safety: “With that same cowardice, she can act against me, that is why I hold her and her family responsible if something happens to me,” declared Guerrero, who lives with the uncertainty and fear of new reprisals.
The man insistently calls on the judges not to file this case and to allow the death of his young son not to go unpunished.
