Overview
- The oral trial over the 2018 killing of Cristian Díaz has entered its closing stage with recent expert testimony presented before Tribunal Oral N°29.
- On Tuesday, October 27, court psychiatrists and psychologists testified that years of crack, cocaine and alcohol use produced frontal‑lobe necrosis and a so‑called “cerebro primitivo” that severely impairs Álvarez’s inhibitory control.
- Defense lawyers have filed urgent appeals and three recursos de queja after rejected constitutional challenges, arguing five habeas corpus petitions, the lack of a prior fitness evaluation and a missing recusation hearing create a grave risk to Álvarez’s life and rights.
- A factual and legal conflict remains because the Cuerpo Médico Forense earlier reported that Álvarez understands the trial, and the court plans an indagatoria by video from the psychiatric clinic with additional witness testimony that could be postponed.
- If the Superior Tribunal pauses the process, the case will likely require new medical competency steps and will delay a verdict, a development that affects the detained musician’s care and the victim’s family seeking closure.