A hitman is facing life together with his two sons after they allegedly stabbed the estranged wife of a wealthy businessman to death in her home so she would not inherit any property during an upcoming divorce case.

The husband who offered the contract named, Leonardo Hisa, whose age was not given, allegedly hired his wife’s former employee Juan Carlos Guerrero to find someone willing to murder his soon to be ex-wife in exchange for cash.

Carlos Guerrero accepted the offer and planned to pass on the contract but when he failed to find anybody, he allegedly decided to do it himself and involved his two sons Kevin and Alexis Guerrero in the crime.

Alexis and Kevin drove to the victim’s home broke in, threw her to the ground and took a knife from the kitchen with which they allegedly stabbed her 52 times before fleeing the scene.

Norma Carleti, 61, died as a result of her injuries hours later in the city of Tunuyan in the province of Mendoza located in western-central Argentina on 5th March 2018.

Leonardo Hisa is on trial for being the mastermind behind the brutal killing with his day in court set for this Wednesday (28th April).

Juan Carlos Guerrero and his two sons are expected to be convicted alongside Hisa, with Carlos being charged as the ‘primary participant’ and his two sons as ‘co-perpetrators. The age of the suspects has not been confirmed.

Local media outlet Infobae reports that the prosecutor on the case Jorge Quiroga believes that the brutal crime was motivated by “serious personal and commercial conflicts that had arisen during the last few years of their marriage”.

Although the crime occurred on 5th March (2018) the prosecutor believes that the suspect began planning his wife murder on 23rd February at which point it had become clear to the suspect that he was about to lose a considerable amount of assets in the divorce.

The suspect contacted Juan Carlos Guerrero, a former employer of the victim asking him to find someone to kill his boss in exchange for an undisclosed sum of money.

Carlos Guerrero reached out to his two sons Kevin and Alexis asking them to find someone who would be willing to carry to murder Carleti.

However, they struggled to find anyone and on 4th March the husband found out that all the paperwork finalising the divorce was about to be signed and processed the following day 5th March.

The prosecutor believes that Hisa panicked knowing that he was about to potentially lose considerable amounts of money in the divorce settlement and his wife had still not been killed.

He allegedly sent a text message to Carlos Guerrero on 4th March asking him to “accelerate the plan” as “time was running out”.

Carlos Guerrero admitted that he had failed to find anyone who was up to the job and therefore decided to plan the murder himself.

His two son’s, Kevin and Alexis Guerrero allegedly drove to the victims home along with another suspect, who was not identified, just before midnight on 4th March.

They arrived at the victim’s home at 348 Republica de Syria Street in Tunuyan and climbed over the fence surrounding the building.

They then knocked down the kitchen door and found Carleti who they then allegedly kicked in the face and threw to the ground.

The trio then took two knives from the kitchen and stabbed the victim 52 times before fleeing the scene and then later torching the Fiat 500 which they arrived in.

Neighbours heard the commotion and called emergency services who transferred Carleti to the hospital where she died shortly after arriving.

All four suspects are due to be sentenced this Wednesday facing a maximum sentence of life imprisonment