“Iba is like a psychopath wandering around there.” Fernando Peña, the author of the data on the triple assassination of Ciroeches, defined his movements at Villar’s mountain lodge in the early hours of April 13, 2024, as follows: As he admitted, it was then that he put an end to the lives of Angel and Elvira, who had been married for 52 and 53 years, and their 22-year-old daughter Lola, who was torn apart by a plan to steal a luxury watch and the money the family kept in the house. Peña admitted to being the perpetrator of the crime in a statement in this trial before a jury that will resolve Peña’s liability to others against the accused in a trial held in the Guadalajara state hearings. He confessed to committing one of the most heinous crimes in recent years, which he blamed on an “addiction” to drugs since he was 14.
“I was hysterical and talkative,” he declared multiple times, using a drug mitigation strategy to defend his attorney. “Daba to everything that moves or screams,” he justified it to explain that 29 punches, armed with bayonets and knives, hit the priest when he woke up after noticing noises in the bedroom. The main defendant, who answered only questions from the defense and jurors, said he did not remember how Elvira and Laura were killed, and investigators said Elvira and Laura were stabbed 14 times and seven times, respectively. Peña has maintained that he did not intend to kill or steal, and that he thought no one was home. La bayoneta, ha dicho, la rebaba siempre para commit otros botos, pero ha denier que la navaja fuera suya. “Esa no la llevaba yo”, ha dicho.
Peña pointed out that Peña’s “hopelessness” over drugs was the trigger for his death, despite the fact that the forensic scientists who treated Peña after his detention did not notice any particular changes in Peña. “Cocaine makes you believe you are the king of the world,” the defendant summed up to explain the “despair” that led to his drug addiction and the sense of urgency he had to obtain money to continue consuming and face problems with the “Chunga”. His goal was to “get the money and get out and run,” he reported. Case, who remained calm during his statement, said he was “deeply remorseful” for the crime and asked for forgiveness from the Yellais, who fled the house in the wind after Peña set it on fire and destroyed clues.
That night, Peña donated 20,000 euros to Villar’s sole survivor to repair the damage. The defense petition also included experts from the National Institute of Toxic Substances who evaluated a specialist psychiatrist’s report regarding the main defendant’s addictions three days after the accident and confirmed the presence of substances in his mouth, including cannabis, cocaine, methamphetamine, ketamine and alcohol. Changes in drug intake were also noted by the head of the addiction department at Ramon y Cajal Hospital, which the defense also suggested suggested a change in the defendant’s volitional capacity during the night of the incident, although his report acknowledged otherwise.
The court also declared the other accused defendants, Christian and David, and appellant Fiscaria, to be “necessary collaborators” in the commission of the robbery, and who Peña sought to plead not guilty to. After being Laura’s partner, Christian, who was accused of being the one who could provide information about where the robots came from, denied that he had much to do with the robots. He also swore he was at his house that night. The young man David, who took Fernando in his car and went to Villar’s cabin and then departed, also removed himself from the planned plans. “We always talked until we reached our drug limit and never got anything done.” The court will reconvene in the coming months to present its conclusions and final arguments at the defendant’s request.
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