El jurado declara inocente al novio de Ana Buza por su muerte

A jury has declared Rafael V innocent of causing the death of Ana Buza, his girlfriend, who was found dead in the median of a road on September 7, 2019. The nine-member tribunal unanimously ruled that Ana's death was not a result of him driving at 117 kilometers per hour, as the prosecution alleged, and that he was not the one who hit her, as claimed by the prosecutor.

The judge absolved the young man, who was visibly emotional upon hearing the verdict. This case concluded after 36 hours of deliberation by a judge of instruction in Carmona, who concluded that it was a suicide, but was reopened due to the persistence of Ana's family. Despite the complexities surrounding the case, the jury reached their decision in just 24 hours.

Initially, the prosecutor requested three years of prison for reckless homicide, arguing that Rafael was driving at 117 kilometers per hour in a zone where he should have been going 80. However, he also defended the innocence of the young man, as his defense stated that Ana voluntarily jumped from the car after arguing with her father.

The prosecutor's representative initially opposed the notion that Ana was struck by her boyfriend due to her jealous and controlling behavior, a theory that her family had been trying to prove throughout. The prosecutor's case demanded 20 years for dolus eventualis. Throughout the nine sessions of the trial, experts and forensic professionals tried to demonstrate that the injuries Ana sustained were compatible with her intentionally jumping from the car at 117 kilometers per hour or in a hit-and-run.

The jury, with a majority of seven to two, rejected the versions that supported the hit-and-run and instead considered that there was "voluntariness" in her leaving the vehicle.