Overview
- Zárate, 46, is accused of simple homicide in the death of Rubén Ezequiel Acuña Ustarroz, 37, and will remain jailed as the case proceeds.
- Investigators report the confrontation began during an August 17 football match at the El Águila complex and continued outside the venue.
- A security camera recorded the sequence, and the autopsy found a construction iron embedded in the victim’s temple.
- Zárate denied the killing during interrogation, declined to expand his statement, and replaced his public defender with attorney José Melano.
- Psychiatric and psychological examinations ordered by prosecutor Javier Di Santo remain pending, and the university approved an in memoriam recognition for the victim.