Overview

• Gabriela Arací Barrios was identified after firefighters uncovered her body in a sewage pit sealed with cement at a house in Avia Terai.
• Police detained Jesús “Huesa” Salvatierra, 33, identified as the prime suspect, with injuries reported as consistent with a potential defensive struggle.
• Investigators seized four knives, stained clothing, a mantel, a portable radio, and a RX 150 motorcycle from the property for forensic testing.
• The case shifted from a missing-person investigation to suspected femicide under Fiscal Marcelo Soto, who ordered immediate charges and forensic procedures.
• Prior searches found Barrios’s motorcycle burned in an abandoned house, and four men and one woman were detained as authorities assess possible involvement or cover-up.