2023-08-04 13:00:20
Javier Salazar died while in custody at the seventh police station in Plottier, on Monday. That seems to be the only point that is clear in a fact that is being investigated by the prosecution and for which the family denounces police abuse. What is known regarding the last hours of the 25-year-old and what happened to the police officers involved?
This morning, Jimena Salazar, the young man’s sister, spoke with “Arranquemos” on RÍO NEGRO RADIO. She anticipated that They are analyzing calling for a mobilization and that today they would go to get the final autopsy report from the prosecutor’s office. The investigation is in charge of the public prosecutor Eugenia Titanti.
Jimena reconstructed in her story what they might have learned regarding Javier that Monday because, she stressed, they never received any information from the uniformed officers.
The first thing that stood out is that there was “a lot of negligence” at the time of arrest. On Wednesday, Titanti had told Diario RÍO NEGRO that the young man had been arrested during an “attempted robbery.” The sister confirmed that this happened in the house of an ex-partner of Javier’s, although she did not know if there was some kind of measure to prohibit approaching.
The prosecutor clarified that everything that happened from that moment until the transfer to the police station is being investigated, analyzing the security cameras.
Jimena pointed out that her brother they did not take him to the police doctor, what they should have done per protocol. He added that the young man was under the effect of clonazepam when he was arrested.
Another aspect that he pointed out is that the death certificate reported that Javier had died at 5:00 p.m. but in the report the police indicated that They found him around 6:00 p.m.when they went to the cell to verify a water leak.
The sister explained that he did not find out regarding the death of the young man by the uniformed officers, but by other people: “we did know regarding the arrest, my mother contacted the police station and they told her that they might not give her any information and that she should not come close either.”
They were not informed when the body was transferred, which they found out that same Monday around 8:00 p.m., nor were they given their belongings, he assured. Besides, Jimena wondered how they knew who the young man was if he did not have documentation with him and the relatives did not recognize the body.
The woman also questioned whether performed a second autopsy without requesting family authorization nor do they allow there to be an observer on their part.
Another point that caught their attention is that “the girl with the date” had told them that around 2:00 p.m., Javier was going to be released. According to Jimena, this would be expected because he had not found stolen items, but he had stayed in the attempt. However, it was still delayed.
Other Dark spot for the family is who arrested him and who was in charge from the police station that day, information that was not provided to them.
Given this scenario, they hired a lawyer, explained Jimena, “because There are no police officers detained nor have they been removed from their posts». The prosecutor’s office, for its part, seized the daily report of the police station where the arrests and the names of the troops by shift appear.
Jimena announced that today they would approach the prosecutor’s office to look for the autopsy report. Titanti had told Diario RÍO NEGRO that the result had been “mechanical asphyxia by hanging” as cause of death.
Death at the police station: what happened to the policemen
For now, The names of the police officers were not released. who detained Javier or those who were at the seventh police station in Plottier that Monday, while he was detained and died.
For the family, this is another point of concern.
According to Titanti, the “Minnesota” protocol was activated for dealing with the death of a person in state custody. This is an investigation into the officials who intervened.
With this protocol activated, it was reported that the autopsy was carried out, the daily report was seized and the security cameras are analyzed, both on the way from where the young man was arrested to the police station, and those of the police station itself.
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