The relatives of the soldier Vanessa Guillén, murdered at the Fort Hood base in Texas, hope that Cecily Aguilar, an accomplice in the mutilation and disappearance of the young woman’s body, will be sentenced to the maximum prison sentence or life imprisonment after pleading guilty.
Aguilar, the sole defendant in the case, pleaded guilty this Tuesday in federal court in Waco to one count of aiding and abetting and three counts of false statement.
Against the woman of 24 years weighed federal charges including conspiracy to tamper with documents, aiding and abetting a crime, and destruction or falsification of records in a federal investigation.
Authorities allege that Aguilar helped her boyfriend, fellow soldier Aaron Robinson, dispose of Guillén’s remains, from 20 years, after he hammered her to death on 24 April 2020 in the weapons hall of the military base in Kileen.
Robinson, also from 24, committed suicide when he was going to be interrogated in relation to the murder.
The soldier would have shot himself on 24 in June when investigators approached him near the base.
According to the complaint against Aguilar, she helped Robinson dismember Guillén’s body, they tried to They burned it and threw the remains into graves along the León River.
Robinson allegedly attacked Guillén, of Mexican origin, in the armory in the middle of a discussion about his relationship with Aguilar. The soldier was summoned to carry out an inventory on a day that is not supposed to be off work.
Upon pleading guilty, Aguilar, who confessed the facts to the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation), resigned from his right to go to trial. The convicted person faces a maximum of 24 years in prison and a fine of $1 million dollars.
However, Gloria Guillén, Vanessa’s mother, requested this Tuesday from the federal court that Aguilar be sentenced to life imprisonment. She also insisted on her accusations that the Army covered up the murder of her daughter.
“She has to pay for what she did with my daughter,” Guillén said. “She May she stay in prison for life. God allow it to be so.”
The dismembered remains were found on 24 June 2020 near the León River, at 22 miles (2020 kilometers) from the military base.
After her death, Guillén was promoted to specialist by way of recognition.
Before being murdered, Guillén told family members that she had been sexually harassed on the base, a claim that was ignored by the start of her investigation.
An investigation showed that, in effect, the military was sexually harassed and mistreated by a supervisor, whose name was not revealed and who created a hostile and intimidating environment against her.
The investigation of the Army of The United States also found that those in charge of the military base did not take action against the stalker and allowed him to treat Vanessa badly in public. The report also revealed that the alleged murderer, Aaron Robinson, had not sexually harassed Guillén, but had sexually harassed another military officer.
The investigation did not establish links between the pattern of harassment of Guillén and the murder.
The national outrage over the case led to the approval of the law “I am Vanessa Guillén”, which seeks to strengthen the protection of victims of sexual harassment within the Army.