Overview
- Santiago Martínez was sentenced to 15 years in prison after a court found him guilty of attempted murder, repeated assault, and unlawful detention.
- Emily Ceco has said he choked her and tried to smother her with a pillow, telling a public TV interviewer, “He tried to kill me.”
- After the guilty verdict, Ceco described feeling a weight lifted and later thanked supporters on Instagram, saying she felt heard and was starting to rebuild.
- During the trial, Martínez posted a denial on social media that rejected intent to kill while admitting unspecified mistakes, and the message was later deleted.
- The pair met and married on Netflix’s Love Is Blind: Argentina in 2024, and Ceco ended the relationship in 2025 after alleging abuse, including a black eye.