Father and Son in Jail Over "Crime of Passion"
Twenty years jail each is what the Tribunal de Juicio de Limón ordered for Gazo Pérez (father) and Víctor Pérez (son) for hacking a man, Sebastián Gómez Picado, and then setting him on fire by dousing him with gasoline.

The sentence was upheld by the Sala Tercera of the Supreme Court after the men appealed their sentence following their trial.

According to court records, the elder Pérez found his wife in bed with Gómez and in a rage committed the crime of passion. His son learning of the unfaithfulness of his step-mother, decided to help out his father, to get him out of the jam, and found himself behind bars as well.

The elder Pérez had been confronted by gossip that his wife was cheating on him. The day of the murder, Pérez left for work as usual but then decided to pay his wife a surprise visit. Her lover tried to run and with a machete in hand tried to assault Pérez who overtook the man. The younger Pérez came to his father's aid and tied wounded Gómez and poured gasoline on him.

The sentence followed the charge of  "homicidio calificado" - first degree murder.