the comedian Juan “Cacho” Garay era arrested in the afternoon of this Wednesday by the Carabinieri of meanness at his home, located in the department of Luján de Cuyo, after his wife reported him for gender-based violence.

The plaintiff’s lawyer, in interviews conducted with television media in the City of Buenos Aires in the last few hours, had stated that the wife of the comedian Mendoza decided to appeal to Justice after a incident of violence in the hotel from the city of Cordoba of Carlos Paz last weekend.

Furthermore, he argued that his client she went to a women’s sheltersince, again according to his version, refused to leave the house which they shared in Mendoza and indicated that she had been in a relationship with the comedian for 13 years and had been the victim of “physical, economic and sexual violence”.

“She comes from a long period of being abused in every way,” the lawyer said. Jose Manuel Fizrepresenting the complainant Veronica Macias Bracamonte.

Before his arrest, the comedian shared a message on your social networks in which she wrote, “Thanks to MSG’s thousands of support. And thank God my truth keeps my conscience crystal clear“.

Garay was held at a police headquarters and at the disposal of the prosecutor Daniel Carniello, who must define his procedural situation.

The raid on Cacho Garay’s house

During a search carried out at 1.30 pm in the house located on Calle 20 de Septiembre, requested by the Tax Unit for Gender Violence, the police officers They found five firearms. who were kidnapped, the sources of the operation detailed the Télam agency.

According to police sources, the weapons seized include: 40cm iron machete long, a ax with an iron blade, two shotguns, two shotguns and a compressed gas pistol.

His rise to fame, from the hand of Tinelli

Born 68 years ago in MaipúMendoza, became very popular in his province with his comedy shows, in which he began to shape his style: tell jokes and stories of people with “nothing faces”as he described, which immediately generated laughter in most of his followers.

Encouraged by his colleagues, has decided to present himself in a humorous contest hosted by Marcelo Tinelli in the old VideoMatch. And, in 2000, it was the winner of the National Joke Championship.

At that time, the more than 25 rating points opened the doors of the show for him in Buenos Aires and in various provinces. And he also brought his works to different countries.

Fundamental piece of the (annual) Fiesta of national humor, which takes place in Mendoza, among its most successful shows are Happy toy, Roadrunner AND If I play crazier, I put down a change.

In the 2014 season of Villa Carlos Carlos Paz took the stage as winner of a Carlos Award for “Best Humor Work”. Since then, his summers have seen him star in several shows in which jokes about his mother-in-law are one of his strong points.

DS