Talk:Carlos Solis/@comment-72.94.246.140-20120107173058/@comment-392210-20120107174329

It's not murder, yes, it's manslaughter. There was no malice aforethought, it was done in deffense of a loved one. Nonetheless, there are many reasons that sort of back up why they kind of had to cover it up. 1 - Carlos had priors: Carlos has been to jail already, for a hate crime (alleged gay-bashing, although we know it wasn't the case). Not to mention he was tried and convicted for a while due to slave labor charges. That looks bad. Criminals with priors are always looked down upon much more than people with first time offenses. 2 - Gabrielle never pressed charges: Gabrielle only revealed to two people (her mother and Sister Marta) that she was raped. Neither of whom believed her. She never pressed charges with the police. The only hole in this story in that forum is the fact that Alejandro said in 7.23 that she'd been in Las Colinas stirring things up and he didn't need another witch hunt. Why did he fake his death and change his name, and why was there a persecution, if Gaby never revealed she'd been violated by him? That's what's weird, but maybe they'll explain it somehow. Like they revealed to us that Alejandro had changed his name in the latest episode. 3 - Alejandro was a relative - It's legally ok to kill someone if they've broken into your house (not in my country, but whatevs), but the thing is, Alejandro used to related to Gabrielle. He was family for a while. They knew each other, and were close. This isn't some random home invader, when there are ties to the victims, it's harder to prove that that there was a break-in with malice intended. The police would find it hard to believe/find proof that Alejandro, a former stepfather of hers, stopped by after so many years to hurt the family, when the family never complained about him once (again, cos Gaby never pressed charges). Also, it's not like they can now prove Gaby was raped. She's had sex lots of times since then (emphasys on LOTS :P). 4 - He was unarmed: Like Carlos said in 7.23, he killed an unarmed man. That doesn't look good. And Gaby didn't have a single mark from beating on her, so it'd be harder to prove that he was attacking her.

And, of course, those are the reasons why they couldn't go to the police at first. Right now, there's also the fact that, because of the cover-up, if they do, a lot of the families on the lane will be broken down unfairly. There's no hole in this story. Unlike most other stories right now, it's actually very well executed, but people keep complaining that it doesn't make sense cos it was self-deffense. Sure, we know it was. But think of it as a real-world problem, a case of this sort would always look bad for Carlos.