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Fresh twist in Camposol double murder investigation
Despite a report finding no digital link between the suspect and the Camposol crime scene, a judge has refused bail
A new expert report has become the latest twist in the investigation into the deaths of two men whose bodies were discovered buried at a property on the Camposol urbanisation last year.
The report, commissioned as part of the ongoing criminal investigation, concludes that there is no digital evidence placing one of the suspects, Bayron AS, at the Camposol villa during the period when the two victims are believed to have disappeared.
The case centres on the deaths of Ecuadorian nationals José Patricio Chango and Edwin Guillermo Cambal, who vanished in April 2025. Their disappearance triggered a major Guardia Civil investigation that later led officers to a property on Camposol, where the two bodies were eventually discovered buried.
Several people were subsequently arrested as investigators attempted to piece together what happened in the days leading up to the men's deaths.
Bayron AS has been in pre-trial detention since November 2025 and is one of the individuals facing accusations linked to the case. However, his defence team now argues that newly analysed mobile phone data significantly weakens the evidence against him.
According to court documents, the expert report was prepared using information extracted by the Guardia Civil's Technological Crime Unit (EDITE) from mobile phones seized during the investigation. Five devices were confiscated, although investigators were only able to recover usable data from three of them.
The analysis reportedly found no evidence that any of the devices were present on Camposol on the night of April 16-17, 2025, when the victims are believed to have disappeared.
The experts claim that there were no mobile phone connections to local cell towers, no GPS records, no Wi-Fi connections and no other digital traces that would place Bayron in the Mazarrón residential development during the relevant period.
According to the report, the available data indicates that his phones "were not in Camposol during the events."
The specialists also say they found no evidence of communication between Bayron and Carlos Andrés AM, another suspect in the case who investigators have previously identified as a key figure in their inquiry.
The report states that there were no phone calls, text messages, WhatsApp conversations or any other form of communication between the two men on dates considered relevant to the investigation. It also found no evidence that their devices were in the same locations.
Investigators examining the phones also reportedly found no suspicious internet searches, no evidence of attempts to delete large amounts of data and no searches relating to homicides, disappearances or the Camposol urbanisation itself.
Based on these findings, Bayron's lawyer, Eduardo Romera, filed a request with the Court of Instruction Number 2 in Totana seeking his client's provisional release.
However, the application was rejected by the investigating judge on June 3.
In the ruling, the judge maintained that there are still sufficient indications of possible criminal involvement to justify continued pre-trial detention while the investigation remains ongoing.
The court pointed to a number of factors that prosecutors continue to regard as significant, including Bayron's alleged connection to individuals linked to the property, witness statements that reportedly place him within the environment surrounding the Camposol villa and his alleged involvement in the sale of a Citroën C5 belonging to one of the victims.
His DNA was also reportedly identified on the handle of an axe found at the property where the bodies were discovered, although his defence team has previously argued that the DNA could have been transferred indirectly through contamination rather than direct contact.
For now, the case remains in the investigative phase and no trial date has been announced.
