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Jury Convicts 75-Year-Old Ex-Police Officer in Neighbor’s Christmas Day Killing

The verdict followed a five-day trial in La Matanza where jurors weighed witness accounts and a widely circulated video of the confrontation.

Overview

  • Rafael Horacio Moreno was found guilty of homicidio culposo and illegal possession of a war‑grade firearm.
  • Jurors concluded he shot Sergio David Díaz, 40, after confronting him about loud music on Acevedo 4100 in Lomas del Mirador.
  • Key evidence included a video in which Moreno warned “Vamos a terminar mal” seconds before firing a Taurus .38, and he was arrested at the scene.
  • Moreno remains in preventive detention after Judge Pablo Agustín Gossn previously denied his bid for house arrest with electronic monitoring.
  • The trial was overseen by Judge Lucila Pacheco at UNLaM with prosecutor Sergio Antín and defense attorney Francisco Oneto, and a sentencing hearing is expected in the coming days, with one report indicating roughly two weeks.