A 39-year-old Uruguayan arrested for killing three people – including his former partner and her mother in a horrific double femicide – and of kidnapping his son has told the media that the murders were “all for justice.”
Pablo Rodríguez Laurta – who stands accused of killing the mother of his child, her mother and an Uber driver caught up in his murder spree – made the chilling remark as he was being transferred to Concordia in Entre Ríos Province on Wednesday for questioning.
Faced by a media scrum as police in Gualeguaychú processed him for transfer, Laurta – a vocal anti-feminist campaigner – told reporters: “It was all for justice,” a reference to the three killings.
"I wanted to rescue my son from a trafficking-ring," Laurta alleged as he was escorted by police officers.
Laurta, who was the subject of an Interpol international arrest warrant, is the main suspect as police investigated a break-in and shocking double murder last Saturday at the Córdoba home of his 24-year-old ex-partner Luna Giardina.
Investigators believe Laurta shot Giardina, 24, and her mother, Mariel Zamudio, before fleeing with his son Pedro (who turned six last week) .
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