The man accused of murdering his wife in Baiona who was wanted since last Friday has been arrested

The Civil Guard The man accused of murdering his 36-year-old wife in Baiona (Pontevedra) has been arrested. The Ministry of Equality has confirmed the crime as a murder by sexist violence. The Government Subdelegation in Pontevedra has ratified the arrest of the accused this Thursday morning, who had been wanted since he escaped from the scene of the incident last Friday.

The Civil Guard established an extensive device and asked for collaboration from the National Policeat premises and also to the security forces and bodies of Portugal to arrest him and put him at the disposal of the Violence against Women Courtwho is the one who investigates the case.

The clues about the alleged murderer were “promising“, as the subdelegate of the Government in Galicia advanced on Monday, Abel Losadaafter observing a minute of silence in Pontevedra. The authorities already indicated that he would not have left the area.

The 38-year-old detainee was the one who called the 061, and he was the main suspect, especially because The woman’s body appeared at the door of her house. The detainee left the crime scene after calling emergencies. The woman was already dead when the paramedics arrived at the man’s home, who told them that He wasn’t going to eat that “brown”.

The victim was not only registered in the Viogen system with medium risk, but your ex-partner has a valid restraining orderissued by the Vigo Court of Violence against Women on April 30, with a prohibition on coming within 200 meters of your ex-partner. Furthermore, the autopsy confirmed that the cause of death was due to the blows to the head.

With this case, they are 40 fatal victims of gender violence this year, the fourth in Galicia, and 1,284 since records began in 2003, according to data from the Government Delegation for Gender Violence.