{"id":142474,"date":"2023-10-20T14:07:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/?p=142474"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:07:41","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:07:41","slug":"man-killed-pregnant-wife-then-hid-in-argentina-rainforest-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity-hub.com\/world-news\/man-killed-pregnant-wife-then-hid-in-argentina-rainforest-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Man killed pregnant wife then hid in Argentina rainforest returns"},"content":{"rendered":"
A man on the run from Argentine police after being convicted of the murder of his pregnant wife looks poised to avoid any further jail time because the\u00a0statute of limitations expired.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ramon Angel Abreg\u00fa, now 70, escaped from prison months after being jailed for 20 years for shooting his wife,\u00a0Eva Falc\u00f3n, in the city of R\u00edo Grande in Argentina’s southernmost tip in January 2000.\u00a0<\/p>\n
On the day of the attack, local news sources detail that\u00a0Abreg\u00fa attacked Falc\u00f3n – who was seven months pregnant – with a 9-millimeter caliber gun at her home.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Wounded, Falc\u00f3n reportedly managed to escape and took refuge in the guard room of the Cemep Clinic, where Abreg\u00fa caught up with her killing her with four more shots.<\/p>\n
In February the following year, it is understood Abreg\u00fa escaped from a Margen Sur prison hiding in a truck headed for Chile.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Ramon Angel Abreg\u00fa, now 70, escaped from prison months after being jailed for 20 years for shooting his wife, Eva Falc\u00f3n, in the city of R\u00edo Grande in Argentina’s southernmost tip in January 2000<\/p>\n
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Abreg\u00fa remained hidden in the jungle, in the Chaco Salte\u00f1o, and managed to re-enter the Tierra del Fuego province without being detected by any authorities on Wednesday, according to Argentine newspaper Clar\u00edn\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Pictured: The clinic where Ramon Angel Abregu, 70, killed his pregnant wife Eva Falc\u00f3n in Rio Grande, Argentina, in January, 2000<\/p>\n
All these years Abreg\u00fa remained hidden in the jungle, in the Chaco Salte\u00f1o, and managed to re-enter the Tierra del Fuego province without being detected by any authorities on Wednesday, according to Argentine newspaper\u00a0Clar\u00edn.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They said he appeared in court to request the prescription of the case, while his lawyer,\u00a0Alejandro De la Riva, disclosed Abreg\u00fa passed through two Argentine and two Chilean border crossings ‘furtively’ and without documents.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
‘The statute of limitations is 20 years, which is the time in which he managed to remain a fugitive living in hiding. He served his sentence that way,’ De la Riva reportedly explained to Fuegian media.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But the process may not be that simple and some legal issues surrounding what happened remain to be resolved, sources from the intervening criminal prosecutor’s office told Clar\u00edn.<\/p>\n
‘The precepts of international law treaties adopted by the country govern and could be applied to deny this person’s freedom,’ they said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Despite having one of the highest rates of deforestation in the world, the\u00a0Chaco Salte\u00f1o is an important agricultural frontier with over six million hectares of forest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It hosts significant ethnic and cultural diversity, including small scale livestock farmers and indigenous peoples.\u00a0<\/p>\n