It transpires that the former wife of BBVA executive, Andrés Toro Barea, who was murdered in Bollullos de la Mitación (Sevilla) last June, may have used a relative's gun to commit the crime.

NRCS, who had separated from her former husband several months before his murder, was arrested last Tuesday and remanded into preventive custody following a preliminary court hearing two days later.

Mr Toro's body was found on June 16th by colleagues concerned that he had not turned up for work.

Since the break-up of his marriage, the 55-year-old banker - who was the director of the BBVA's debt-recovery department for western Andalucía - had been living on a part-time basis in the villa on the La Juliana residential estate in Bollullos where he was found dead on June 16th (photo).

BBVA debt-collection boss found shot dead at home
By: thinkSPAIN
Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Police are investigating a number of leads after a bank director was found shot dead at a villa in Bollullos de la Mitación (Sevilla) where he has been staying occasionally since the break-up of his marriage.

Andrés Toro Barea (55) was found by a work colleague after failing to turn up for work on Monday. He had been shot twice through the chest.

Detectives believe it to be significant that none of the doors or windows had been forced and that nothing appears to have been stolen.

The positioning of two armchairs in the lounge seems to suggest that the victim and his killer sat and talked, providing further evidence that they may have known each other.

Neighbours have confirmed that Mr Toro was seen taking out the garbage at around midday last Sunday.

As the head of the BBVA's debt-collection department, Mr Toro had noticed a considerable increase in his workload recently as a consequence of the economic slowdown.