2024-03-07 03:52:00
A Federal Police non-commissioned officer killed a criminal that there was stolen his cell phone while waiting for a bus at a stop in Villa Lugano.
The incident happened this Wednesday at 6:55 and was recorded by security cameras.
There, Yanina Marotte, first corporal of the security force, is seen on the sidewalk of the General Paz Avenue collector. The woman was waiting for public transportation in that area, precisely at the height of the Pedro de Mendoza bridge, where two thieves approached her to take her cell phone.
So, one of the criminals showed his firearm and they began to struggle. Marotte ended up on the floor following being pushed, so it was at that moment that her mobile device was taken.
After that, The woman chased them on foot and found them: the thief pointed his gun at her, which caused the officer to defend herself with her service weapon..
After the shot, the criminal was left lying on the floor in the General Paz and Zelarrayan collectorate, in front of the Padre Mugica neighborhood, while his accomplice fled.
As it was later learned, The gun they pointed at the agent was a replica.
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The National Criminal and Correctional Court number 15, Secretariat 146, headed by Santiago Atucha, intervenes in the case.
He ordered the arrest of Marotte, although an action might be released under self-defense.
At the scene of the incident, a plastic weapon and the Police Bersa Thunder pistol were seized.
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Patricia Bullrich’s support for police women
The Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrichused his social networks to support the policewoman, whom he believed acted under legitimate defense.
“PFA officer Yanina Marotte used her weapon and acted in self-defense, defending herself from two criminals who fiercely attacked her. She can’t stay imprisoned. For us, victims cannot be victimizers,” she expressed on her X account, formerly Twitter.
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