Charged in fatal beating of Mardenia Carrillo in court – Telemundo Bay Area 48
The man accused of fatally running over Mardenia Carrillo López, 17, in Oakland appeared Tuesday in Alameda County Superior Court.
“It hurts me so much, what a pity for him who will eat, who will be happy again. But I want her to rot in prison because of the pain I have, because I’m in pain for my daughter,” said María López Aguilar, Mardenia’s mother.
Augusto Matias was granted bail of $330,000, but Mardenia’s family wants to deny him that since he fled the scene of the accident and when an arrest warrant was issued, authorities were unable to locate him until he turned himself in to police last September 26.
Outside the court, Maria told Telemundo 48 that this tragedy has affected the health of her other 2 children.
“And I’m very worried because my other son is in the hospital for the same thing because of this scare that my son got,” said Maria.
According to authorities, Matías, 37, was driving drunk and speeding. Martenia, who accompanied her mother everywhere, died at the scene.
“God, I miss him. My name is Maria, but right now I am not the Maria who knows what I am. At night, I have no sleep for my daughter because I know when she will come, but my daughter is never going to come back,” Maria expressed.
Mardenia’s mother assured that her daughter wanted to come to the United States to be reunited with her father and siblings. So the two immigrated from Santiago Chimaltenango, Guatemala to Oakland.
This family is part of the Mam community, a community that has supported them from Guatemala and the Bay Area.
“What I want to say to our city and my country Guatemala is also that here in the United States there is a law and the man who is in prison is not going to be released on bail, that’s what I want,” Maria asserted. .
Matías will appear in court again on October 11.