Las señales silenciosas del arma de fuego

Abstract

Any act committed by man, that may lead to a criminal intent against another, no trace of what could have happened, voluntarily or involuntarily, can be investigated by several disciplines that can identify the actors in an offense, his relationship with the victim and the circumstances of time, manner and place in a crime scene. In that vein, firearms and devices that have been built as defenses have been a different target over the years, which is, be fired for criminal purposes, thus becoming as important elements of first hand research study produced a weapon attack targets; and no defense, but of aggression. Thus, ballistics, according to the definition provided by the constitutional ECHEVERRY (1990) is the "science of all phenomena that originate from firing a firearm" .In this vein, it is where the expert ballistics expert plays an important role within the criminal investigation, it is who analyze the information gathered at the scene of the facts; from theoretical knowledge in this field, as in addressing a crime alleged incident as murder with a firearm, it is important to determine some important elements as the orifices left by the entry and exit of the projectile, the possible position of the victim and aggressor, the type of weapon used, the distance from the firearm. Therefore, the expert ballistics expert analyze the evidence and material evidence collected at the scene of the crime; who can provide information on the alleged perpetrator and identification of the exact point where the firearm is I power, this will take place in order to establish a hypothesis of what happened.