The reaction of La Maison residents and the case of the Swinger mansion

This verdant site of grand, opulent and luxurious homes, abounds peace A day after controversial Uruguayan businessman Gonzalo Aguirre (46) was charged. Clarion Adjacent to the Punta del Este Golf Club, Cantegrill runs through the streets of the neighborhood. A mystery mixed with curiosity is felt this Tuesday: No one knows, no one will tell, but everyone wants to see, snoop, find out. The only accused in Aguirre's murder is Romina Camejo, 26, his ex-partner and the mother of his seven-month-old daughter.

On San Pablo Avenue, in front of the golf club, there are a few cars parked out front. HouseThe property, located a few blocks from Brava Beach, is a plot 6,000 Sq.Mt Aguiar bought at auction in 2021.

Guarded by statues of lions and lavish decorations, the mansion freezes in time, only for a second – the figure of a woman appears, closing the few curtains that reveal the interior.

No questions asked among the amused spectators. Only awkward silences, finger pointing and glances through windows. Mostly, they refrain from commenting Clarion About everything related to the 46-year-old man who lived among them like another neighbor.

A woman who does not get out of the car laments, “That's how it is, see Don't know what happened With the owner of that mansion that stands in front and attracts everyone's attention. Those around him improvise a response to get out of the moment, almost all of them the same.

– I don't know him very well.

– I don't know much. I got to know on television.

– Ask him or her.

At the golf club, one of the employees reports that Aguirre doesn't attend even though he lives very close and very few people know him. “He came to the neighborhood with his partner very recently.”.

It describes a businessman associated with corporate corruption Dedicated to medical cannabis “Boreal” has little contact with its neighbors.

In fact, remember the news when they entered in February 2023 House And robbery happened A protection chest and twenty weapons, between short and long, some are collectible. He says that since then Aguiar Always protected and was remote from the rest of the world.

“The previous owner, who was from Brazil, came here, played golf, interacted with people, but he never did,” he notes.

In this hectare of land there are almost 4 kilometers of endless greenery, trees of all kinds, cyclists riding bicycles – sometimes – that separate La Maison from Mar Chiquita and Mar de Coral streets. true Aguirre was shot multiple times by Romina Camejo. It happened around 4 am on Monday morning.

A day later, Gonzalo's gray Lamborghini Huracan is parked in front of this house, which also belongs to his friend. An eyewitness to his murder. According to what has been confirmed, the car was from a few days before the incident and is not the same car that arrived at Aguirre's home early Monday morning.

Inside the vehicle, a license plate, a beer bottle, a Coca Cola bottle and other items were scattered and dirty on the ground. Nothing is fenced off, or out of sight of casual snoops.

Again, dead, empty streets. Every now and then the viewer adjusts his gaze briefly and comments that the house was on the news. But like La Maison, it surrounds itself with its neighbors They are not coming out, they are not responding, they are denying that they know about the matter..

A curious fact: 1,300 meters from La Maison and halfway to the house in the Cantergrill neighborhood where Aguirre committed the crime, it is located. Gypsy Queen, Swinger House, July 9, 2018 Printout of the plot to murder Eduard Wass in Maldonado. Three of the six accused in the murder lived in the luxury property.

Another thing in common between the two cases is that the motive for the crime stemmed from a conflict between Vaz and his ex-partner, Luluki Moraes, who hired hitmen to kill him.

In mid-2022, Uruguay's Supreme Court (SCJ) upheld the convictions of six people involved in Vaz's murder. Imprisonment of 8 to 25 years was imposed.

For now, Romina cannot return to the house where the crime took place or to La Maison, because even if he was released, he established an address in Montevideo and the justice forbade him to leave the city for at least 150 days. These restrictions included keeping his passport and banning him from using his cell phone.

A Uruguayan judge made the order at Tuesday's hearing. Gamejo, who was detained at the Maldonado Police Department headquarters, attended a public hearing on “restraint measures.”

“Investigation has not been formalised, no case has been registered. We have the expertise to be useful and clarifying. With this action, no decision has been taken regarding the case, given the limited time frame, we find it to be the benefit of doubt and it is prudent to proceed with the investigation by ensuring that the accused are restrained. “There is no doubt that she fired, but we need more time to confirm the theory of self-defense,” says lawyer Sebastian Robles. He pointed out in the inquiry that there are Four direct witnesses to the crime.

“There was a notification that he was going to be there that day. They did not live together. He was always armed. She defended herself. One of the fears was the physical integrity of the child, because there was also a situation of violence against her. “Romina said there were threats (from Aguirre) to take the child,” says Camejo's lawyer, Camilo Silveira. The guardian insists on the fact that they do not live together, but the aunt says otherwise.

Similarly, he expresses that he faces a particular case because it occurs in an area where there are people who can give their statement.

“What is being discussed here If there is a crime of murder or not There is a crime Because there is a reason to justify that reasonable defense. In that case, there is no crime and there is no person liable to be fined,” he points out.

Finally, Silvera says that Camejo has no security measures in place yet. She left for Montevideo yesterday where she will be with her baby and in the care of her family.

Punta del Este. Special Envoy