After the success of ‘The Asunta Case’ on Netflix, everyone is talking about the true events that inspired the series. Even those who dealt with it in real life.
A few days ago, the judge who handled the case in real life gave his opinion on the dramatization, and more recently, two inmates who shared time with Rosario Porto in prison (before she took her own life in 2020) spoke about the what Ashuda’s mother was like when she was in prison.
Two inmates who are Rosario Porto’s prison mates talk about her
Nuria, one of the prisoners who lived with Porto for eight months, shared her perceptions of her mother Asunta in the Spanish program “And now Sonsoles”.
According to Nuria, Porto seemed “devastated” by the situation and her mind was completely occupied with her daughter: “He kept talking about her” and mentioned positive things about the minor.
According to the prisoner, Porto had a very difficult time in prison, since every time she went out into the courtyard she found other prisoners who insulted and harassed her, in addition to “Christmas and fixed days (holidays) were very complicated for her, she entered in bed and was crying.”
Porto defended her innocence even in prison, as Nuria said: “I can only say miracles, we had a very good relationship, we talked about many topics such as travel, painting… My personal opinion is different, I can’t say that she was guilty because she was not guilty.” “That is how it was done”.
Maria, another prisoner who was in Porto before being transferred to the prison where she died, also gave her testimony about what life was like with her mother Asuda Bastera.
He agreed that Rosario had always maintained her innocence and kept repeating that she had not killed her daughter: “She always told me that her goal in life was to find the killers or the killer of her daughter. That was his goal.”
In addition, Maria assured that she does not believe that she is capable of committing the crime: “She always asked me ‘do you think I killed her?’ Because of the way he acted… he wouldn’t kill a fly (…) I believe he didn’t and I stand by it and always will.”
In the interview, the inmate added that the mother was “crying all the time” and considered herself a victim of her family, the press, her ex-husband and society’s comments.
Rosario Porto’s fellow inmates gave different accounts of Alfonso Basterra
If there was one thing that the inmates’ testimonies did not agree on, it was in the portrait that Rosario Porto made of her ex-husband while he was in prison.
Nuria stated that Porto didn’t even mention him: ”I didn’t want to know anything about him, I didn’t want to talk about anything. Haro considered Alfonso Basterra the mistake of his life.
Instead, María assured “Mañaneros” that her partner “spoke a lot about Alfonso Basterra because they loved each other very much, that he was a very good person, that they had some very good years and that he loved her very much. “She even told me that Alfonso would do anything for her, anything… Even to kill.”
Tell us in the comments, what do you think of the statements of Rosario Porto’s inmates?
Source: univision
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