Armando Vega-Gil case: Procuraduría capitalina opened an investigation file for "culpable homicide"

The death of musician Armando Vega-Gil this morning shocked Mexico as he announced his suicide on Twitter after being accused of abusing a teenager.

Office of the Attorney General of Mexico City (PGJ-CDMX) opened a case file investigating the crime of "willful homicide of other causes" to solve the details of the death of the founder of the musical group Botellita de Jerez.

Through an information card, the PGJ explained that the musician's body was found hanging from a tree with a wire in front of his house in the district of Narvarte, at the town hall of Benito Juárez.

"Around 5:40 today, the neighbors have alerted the preventive police, who has come to the site and They realized that the victim had no vital sign. The public prosecutor of the Territorial Coordination, Benito Juárez, initiated the respective badociations.

The investigation police and the staff of the General Coordination of Expert Services, who they collected clues and moved the body to the amphitheater, where family members are supposed to identify it. "

According to photographs posted on Twitter from the place of death, there was also a blue bench with which the musician would have reached the height necessary to hang himself.

People nearby came to testify

The family and friends of the musician attended the public ministry of Narvarte Poniente settlement, Territorial Coordination BJ-3 and BJ-4, to declare around the death of Vega-Gil.

Santiago Ojeda, guitarist of the group Botellita de Jerez, told the network Televisa: "What worried him was that everything was going to get out of control and that it did not matter whether it was true or not.because it acquires such strength, your image is damaged and I think it has seen it too intense, more than it really is, and it has become uncontrollable. "

In an interview with the newspaper L & # 39; s universal, Ojeda stated that the previous night he had spoken to Armando about the charges against him, but he never felt that he had the intention of committing suicide.

"Nothing else (I had) a lot of worry, a lot of fear, I was pretty terrified because it was going to turn into an uncontrollable situation. (…) What he said, it does not matter whether it is real or not, I do not remember and of course, he does not remember (sic) that this is true. had gone a long way. The problem is reactions and credibility, It was very important to him because he was working with children, he was doing children's music projects, stories, and then he started dancing. "

His colleague and friend felt that he was perhaps depressed "hours" because they discovered the messages yesterday "and last night we commented on the WhatsApp group about it and we told him that nothing was happening, that is normal. So it's totally a surprise. "

He dismissed the fact that Armando Vega-Gil was a pedophile and felt that the #MeToo movement "is already very easily distorted, very tricky, there will be (legitimate) cases and exaggerated cases and cases. others totally invented ".

The accusation was "categorically false"

In his latest text, he rejected the charges. "A girl accuses me of abuse and harbadment, she says that the episode occurred at the age of 13, making it a serious problem, very serious, and well , he says emphatically, this accusation is false. "

But then he said: "It's a fact that I'm going to lose my jobs because they're all built on my public credibility. My life is stopped, there is no way out. I know that in networks, I have no way to defend my interests, everything I say will be used against me … I just want to clarify the path that my son will follow in the future. "

Towards the end of his message, Vega-Gil thanked those who showed their support, "to those who have protected me from their love these 64 years. Do not blame anyone for my deathsuicide is a conscious, voluntary, free and personal decision. See you soon".

The musician's body will be veiled in a funeral home on Colima Street in Colonia Roma from 9:00 pm.