A 36-year-old man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for killing a 43-year-old woman in Punta Negra, a coastal town near Piriápolis in Maldonado, Uruguay. The victim’s body was found on Tuesday morning in their shared home.
The man was convicted of homicide and arms trafficking charges after a shortened trial process. Prosecutors decided not to pursue a femicide charge.
The killing happened on Sunday evening during an argument over a speaker. The man claimed the woman tried to attack him with a knife, so he strangled her. Friends of the victim discovered her body on Tuesday morning and alerted the police.
Background
The couple lived together and had no prior convictions. Both used drugs. The woman was Brazilian, and the man was Uruguayan.
