This Friday, June 7, 2024, the 25 years of Paco Stanley caseso questions arise such as what happened to Samuel del Villarprosecutor in charge of solving the crime?
And the responsibility of answering the questions about the death of Paco Stanley fell on Samuel del Villarwho served as head of the Attorney General’s Office (PGJ) of the then Federal District (D.F.).
The then official was the one who admitted the most well-known line of investigation to date, pointing out that he was responsible for the death to a colleague of the then television presenter.
This is how prosecutor Samuel del Villar handled the Paco Stanley case
Samuel del Villar was responsible for command investigations in 1999 to find those responsible for the murder of Paco Stanley, and unravel the motives for the attack.
However, the then DF attorney general brought a case full of signssince he is accused of not providing any resolution to the crime.
And at that moment Paco Stanley He was one of the most famous television hosts in Mexico, so the eyes of society turned to find out what had happened.
During the investigations Samuel del Villar disposal versions that pointed to an attempt to kidnapping or robbery and on the contrary, he stated that the line of investigation was aimed at making the presenter He was murdered for an alleged “settling of scores”.
This because of Paco Stanley He was accused of having links with drug trafficking groups, in addition to the fact that illicit substances were found at the crime scene.
Given the evidence that Samuel del Villar had, he was the one who accused of the crime to the driver too Mario Bezarespointing out that he would have collaborated on this.
In this way he gave a partial closure to the investigations, since the PGJ would have resolved the case.
However, it is worth remembering that two years later, in 2001, Bezaresas well as the model Paola Durantewere released due to the Lack of evidence.
Samuel del Villar, former attorney of the Federal District (darkroom)
What happened to Samuel del Villar, the attorney who handled the Paco Stanley case?
Samuel del Villar remained at the head of the PGJ after the Paco Stanley case, where remained until 2000 despite the accusations against him.
After finishing his work as an official, del Villar made the decision to definitively move away from political and public lifeto take a breather after the way his period ended.
This is because more than two decades after the death of Paco Stanleythere are still questions regarding the armed attack in which he was murdered.
Samuel del Villar, attorney who handled the Paco Stanley case, died on March 20, 2005being the victim of a stroke when he was at home.
Samuel del Villar, former attorney of the Federal District (Alberto Valdez / Cuartoscuro)
