MURDERED: María Marta García Belsunce Part 1
When tragedy strikes in a wealthy Argentinian community, the suspicions of the nation fall squarely on the victim’s own family, and the case takes on a life of its own. This is Part 1 of 2.
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María Marta (left) and her husband, Carlos Carrascosa (right).
Photo screenshotted from the Netflix documentary and found here.
Horacio García Belsunce, María Marta’s half-brother, who was interviewed in the Netflix documentary series “Carmel: Who Killed María Marta?”.
Irene, María Marta’s half-sister, who was interviewed in the Netflix documentary series “Carmel: Who Killed María Marta?”.
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Episode Source Material
- Netflix: Carmel: Who Killed Maria Marta? (Limited Series).
- La Nacion (Argentina): Life imprisonment for Carrascosa for the crime of García Belsunce via Internet Archive.
- La Prensa (Argentina): The Buenos Aires Court upheld the life sentence against Carrascosa.
- La Prensa (Argentina): Nicolás Pachelo declared himself innocent of the crime of María Marta García Belsunce.
- LA Times (Los Angeles, CA): A New Twist in Case Cloaked in Mystery and Money, by Hector Tobar.
- Pagina 12 (Argentina): The shadow of the Juárez Cartel in the Belsunce case, by Raúl Kollmann.
- Reuters: Ghosts of 2002 ‘corralito’ spur Argentines to shun banks, stash cash at home, by Walter Bianchi.
- U.S. Department of Justice NCJRS Virtual Library: Criminal Justice System of Argentina.
- Clarin (Argentina): Belsunce case: two forensic experts favored Carrascosa, by Télam.
- La Prensa (Argentina): Nicolás Pachelo declared himself innocent of the crime of María Marta García Belsunce.
- La Prensa (Argentina): For a former investigator of the case, the hypothesis that led to Pachelo was “highly positive”.
- La Prensa (Argentina): A witness recalled a death threat from Pachelo.
- La Nacion (Argentina): Who killed María Marta?: a stolen dog, police officers who never testified and other unknowns of an unpunished crime, by Gustavo Carabajal.
- La Prensa (Argentina): Pachelo on María Marta’s crime: “I am totally unrelated”.
- La Prensa (Argentina): A friend of María Marta stated that the victim told her: “I’m afraid of Pachelo”.
- La Prensa (Argentina): Pachelo disassociated himself from María Marta’s crime and denied having made an alibi.
- La Prensa (Argentina): This Friday the verdict will be handed down in the case of María Marta García Belsunce.
- La Prensa (Argentina): Pachelo’s investigation in the case for the crime of María Marta García Belsunce is set for Monday.
- La Prensa (Argentina): García Belsunce case: the prosecution requested life imprisonment for Pachelo.
- La Nacion (Argentina): Carrascosa imprisoned for covering up: 5 and a half years, by Gustavo Carabajal via Internet Archive.
- La Prensa (Argentina): Carrascosa asks the Court to annul his sentence to life imprisonment.
- La Prensa (Argentina): Carrascosa asks for house arrest to “die” at home.
- La Prensa (Argentina): Carrascosa insists on the request for house arrest.
- Clarin (Argentina): A debate that begins with two doubts.
- Clarin (Argentina): García Belsunce case: relatives are convicted of covering up and they are all arrested, by Agencies.
- La Prensa (Argentina): Guillermo Bártoli, brother-in-law of María Marta García Belsunce, died.
- La Nacion (Argentina): All those convicted paid bail and were released.
- La Prensa (Argentina): García Belsunce Case: Carrascosa was one step away from regaining freedom.
- La Prensa (Argentina): García Belsunce case: Carrascosa was acquitted due to lack of evidence.
- La Prensa (Argentina): Pachelo’s investigation in the case for the crime of María Marta García Belsunce is set for Monday.
- Clarin (Argentina): Carrascosa reappeared and broke.
- La Prensa (Argentina): Belsunce case: Pachelo’s lawyer said that the accusation “is crazy”.
- La Prensa (Argentina): Belsunce: for María Marta’s brother, the investigation of Pachelo and his ex-wife “confirms” the family’s hypothesis.
- La Nacion (Argentina): Nicolás Pachelo, on trial as the alleged murderer of María Marta García Belsunce, by Gustavo Carabajal via Internet Archive.
- La Prensa (Argentina): “There were no elements to convict Carrascosa”, by Sebastian Muzi.
- La Prensa (Argentina): María Marta García Belsunce: they will measure how long it takes to fill the bathtub in which the body appeared.
- La Nacion (Argentina): Who killed María Marta?: a stolen dog, police officers who never testified and other unknowns of an unpunished crime, by Gustavo Carabajal via Internet Archive.
- Pagina 12 (Argentina): María Marta: the third trial for the crime of García Belsunce begins, by Raúl Kollmann.
- La Prensa (Argentina): “For me, Pachelo killed her,” said the lawyer for María Marta García Belsunce’s family.
- La Prensa (Argentina): A police chief considered that the neighbor “was the author of the homicide” of María Marta García Belsunce.
- La Prensa (Argentina): Carrascosa denounced prosecutor Molina Pico for cover-up in the case of María Marta’s crime.
- La Prensa (Argentina): A prisoner told a prosecutor in the García Belsunce case that Pachelo confessed the crime to him.
- La Prensa (Argentina): “No evidence places me at the crime scene”, Pachelo’s assessment of the trial for the death of García Belsunce.
- La Prensa (Argentina): Pachelo revealed in the trial the “intelligence” he had to break into country houses and rob them.
- La Prensa (Argentina): This Friday the verdict will be handed down in the case of María Marta García Belsunce.
- La Prensa (Argentina): “The ruling is shameful; it made me sick; they killed María Marta again,” said Horacio García Belsunce.
- La Prensa (Argentina): García Belsunce Case: Nicolás Pachelo was acquitted and María Marta’s crime remains unpunished.
- La Prensa (Argentina): Pachelo said that he “never” hurt a person and asked to be acquitted to be with his sick son. Published November 1, 2022.
- Wikipedia: Corralito.
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