2023-07-01 13:19:00
the commissioner Gabriel Oscar Berardwho holds the position of chief of the City Police, was assumed as “defendant” for the alleged crime of covering up the murder of the young soccer player Lucas Gonzalezof the club Central Tents. The crime took place in November 2021 in the Barracas neighborhood, in Buenos Aires.
“Having been published in different journalistic media the extraction of testimonies that occurred in the framework of the case being processed before the Oral Criminal Court number 25 of this city, related to an alleged participation of my person in the facts investigated in said process, I must consider that there is an accusation against me”, pointed out the police chief in a brief presented before the investigating court number 7.
Berard chose as his legal representatives two renowned defense attorneys, Raúl Alcalde and Hernán Pablo Vegawho have vast experience in cases involving charges against members of the security forces.
The examining magistrate Vanessa Peluffo officially launched the investigation against the police chief and appointed the prosecutor Leonel Gómez Barbella the task of carrying out the corresponding investigations.
Lucas González’s family lawyer requests the arrest of the head of the City police
The case against Berard began after the president of the Oral Court, Hugo Navarrocomplying with the prosecutor’s request Guillermo Perez De la Fuentewill promote the investigation against the chief of the City Police.
The oral court is located in the final phase of the trial for the murder of Lucas González, as well as for the acts of violence and the deprivation of liberty suffered by his three companions. In this case, there are a total of 15 people in custody, of which 14 are currently appearing.
“The lawyer for the complaint stated that my arrest and investigation would proceed.”, pointed out the police chief. The lawyer Gregorio Dalbón requested the arrest and interrogation of the commissioner
The prosecutor requested life imprisonment for the three policemen who killed Lucas González
The investigation against Berard began following the arguments presented by the defense lawyers of two police officers who are in custody.
The lawyer Augusto Nino Arena, when alleging in defense of inspector Héctor Cuevas, wondered: “Are we seriously going to believe that the police chief didn’t know anything about what had happened in that place?”.
For her part, the lawyer Paola Natalie Arevalossister and defender of police officer Ángel Arévalos, said that on February 23, 2022 was received by Berard and another police chief. “They told us ‘We know that their relatives are innocent, but we can’t do anything because this is a political issue and we don’t want them to reach us,’” he said.
How was the death of Lucas González
The death of Lucas González, the 17-year-old soccer player who He was shot in the head by the police.shocked the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Barracas.
It all happened when Lucas along with three young people were leaving a training session and were intercepted by a car in which police officers from the City of Buenos Aires, dressed as civilians, were going. Three shots hit the car and Lucas was shot in the head., for which he was taken to Penna Hospital. Later they transferred him to the high complexity hospital El Cruce, in Florencio Varela.
“They came from Pereyra square and when they turned A car passed in front of them, they didn’t even say to stop, they pointed their guns at them and the boys got scared because they thought they were going to steal their car,” said a relative.
According to the police version, a mobile tried to identify the occupants of the vehicle when it left the village 21-24 of Barracasbut they accelerated to flee, for which a chase began with shots that culminated in the intersection of Alvarado and Perdriel, where the young soccer player was found wounded with two shots to the head in the passenger seat.
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