"He Gave Me The Kiss of Judas", Maureen's Mother Speaks Out
The family of Maureen Hidalgo finally spoke out yesterday on their feelings of the murder of their daughter by ther husband.

"If I had him in front of me, I would tell him he is the most cynical and hypocrite man I know. He even gave me a kiss at my daughter's wake. I understand now that it was a kiss from Judas", said Maureen's mother, Vega Mora, as she unleashed her anger against her daughter's husband and prime suspect in the murder of the 28 year old woman.

Beside her was her husband, Miguel Hidalgo and their other children, Miguel Jr. and Marina.

The family had kept quiet during the entire ordeal, from the disappearance of Maureen to the finding of her body on the side of the road to the arrest and detention of Luis Fernando Burgos.

"I feel betrayed by Luis. I had expected my daughter to have had a happy and full life with him", said Miguel, Maureen's father.

Burgos is maintaining his innocence though he has been formally accused and detained for the murder of his wife. A judicial court has ordered him to six months of preventive detention, being held at the Hatillo police station instead of the San Sebastián jail, for his own protection. Burgos was a public defender, like his wife, at the Poder Judicial and on occasions served time on the bench as a judge.

Burgos, then free, attended the wake and funeral of his wife following the discover of the body. He was at the side of his wife's family all the time. On July 15, the day before the body of his wife was found, he denied to the local press any involvement in his wife's disappearance.

"When Maureen married we thought we would have another son (Burgos), as son-in-law that would be part of our family, but it never happened", said Doña Vera.

Doña Vera added that on a number of occasions, Burgos had hit Maureen, showing up at her home with bruises.

Miguel told of the last time he saw his daughter alive on July 10, a couple of days before she was reported missing and less than a week before her body was found.

"She went fast. She told us that she had to get home before he (Burgos) got home and left almost without saying goodbye", said Miguel.