Mauricio Leal’s brother opposes making Netflix homicide movie

On the night of November 21 and in the early morning of November 22, 2021, the renowned stylist Mauricio Leal and his mom marleny hernandezlost their lives in strange circumstances, what first appeared to be a suicide ended up becoming a media case that implicated the brother and son of the victims as the main responsible for the murders.

Currently John Leal, allegedly responsible for the two homicides, is being held in La Picota prison in Bogotá while his legal proceedings progress. Despite the fact that the full truth about the multiple homicides that have horrified the country is not yet fully known, the digital platform netflix announced that from March 2 they started with the shoot a movie which will deal with the case of Mauricio Leal, Marleny Hernández and Jhonier Leal.

Production will be directed by Jacques Toulemonde Vidal, known for co-writing the Oscar-nominated film El Abrazo de la Serpiente with Ciro Guerra.

Several reactions sparked the announcement of the recording of the feature film, one of the most important is that of the son of Marleny Hernández and half-brother of Mauricio and Jhonier, Carlos Andres Garciawho is currently in police custody for allegedly sexually abusing a child under the age of 14.

In a statement released by García’s representative, Paula Cardona, the audio-visual product represents an attack on the victim’s relative of this tragedy:

To conclude, they questioned the digital platform and stressed that they were looking for legal bodies to accompany them against this production: “We deeply regret that Netflix puts the pain of others that the family experiences, with a view to economic recognition, for this reason, legal actions that may take place will be evaluated.”.

After several delays in the start of the trial for the murder of Mauricio Leal and his mother on November 21, 2021, On Friday, January 27, the preliminary hearing for this crime began. The accused is Jhonier Leal, brother of the victim and main suspect of the crime, currently detained in La Picota prison in Bogotá.

The hearing, held before the 55th Criminal Court in Bogotá, included the statement of the prosecutor in the case, Mario Burgos. During his discharge, which lasted about five hours, he named Jhonier “responsible” for the crime of his brother and his mother. In support of his argument, he presented the evidence leading to his charge of aggravated homicide and concealment of material evidence, which he first accepted and then rejected, arguing that his lawyers had given him bad advice. .

In the indictment against Jhonier, Burgos explained that investigators were able to establish that the defendant “had sufficient time to attack his mother, Marleny Hernández, with a knife, in her room, and cause death on the blow, then going to his brother Mauricio’s room, where he puts him defenseless, hitting him several times all over the body and face, intimidating him with the knife (stings) in order to make him write and sign a letter. “

In the content of this letter, Mauricio Leal apparently asked for forgiveness and left his entire inheritance to his brother, which includes, in addition to the house, the hairdresser, a vehicle and an apartment in Bogotá, which has gone through a process of domain extinction once investigations began to clarify the crime.

Regarding the defense arguments, in an interview for Focus News released on February 25, Leal’s attorney questioned how the early stages of the trial unfolded, as he was denied the opportunity to directly cross-examine several of the witnesses who name him as the material perpetrator of the crime. He also denounced alterations in the prosecution’s allegations which influenced the criteria of the judge in charge of the case. In passing, he reiterated his commitment to clarifying the facts: