2023-10-03 05:08:00
A Buenos Aires police commissioner was shot four times by criminals who tried to steal his motorcycle when he was waiting for his partner in the town of Banfield, Lomas de Zamora district. Sequencejust 25 seconds, It was recorded on a security camera in the area and in the images it was observed how at least five criminals returned on the police and they quickly fled following the attack, which one of them commanded.
The incident occurred on Sunday night, around 8:55 p.m., when Commissioner Gustavo Romero, 43, who worked in the La Plata delegation of the Organized Crime Division, He was waiting dressed in civilian clothes and on board his white Kawasaki motorcycle. for his wife to leave work at a pharmacy located in the corner of Hipólito Irigoyen and Vieytesfrom said town in the southern area of the suburbs.
The crime was captured in part by a security camera in the area, in which the murderers are seen approaching the victim, although he does not appear in the shot. The cash was approached by the criminals, on three motorcycles. The dramatic event can be observed thanks to the film recording obtained from the corner. At that intersection, Romero wanted to defend himself with his regulation weaponbut he did not do it in time: he was shot four times fatally.
Then, the assailants, according to what might be seen in the images from the security cameras in the area, they fled the scene without stealing Romero’s motorcycle. In the shooting, the commissioner was shot four times—two in the chest, one in his back and the remaining one in the head—so he had to be rushed to the Gandulfo hospital, where he finally died.
Police sources indicated that agents from the 2nd police station intervened at the scene. from Banfield, who found at least six pods served on public roads, although not the commissioner’s weapon, which is believed to have been stolen by the assailants. The remains of the murdered commissioner were laid to rest this Monday in Lanús and this Tuesday at noon they will be buried in the Police Pantheon of the Municipal Cemetery of Avellaneda.
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Police and judicial sources added that Romero is the tenth member of a security force killed so far this year in different events committed throughout the country. Furthermore, the victim was brother of the inspector of the Argentine Federal Police (PFA) Diego Romero (35), who was also shot to death in a confrontation with criminals that occurred on December 16, 2012 in Lanús.
There is one detainee for the ambush of the commissioner in Banfield
And 25-year-old man was arrested for his alleged participation in the crime of Commissioner Gustavo Romero. The capture was carried out within the framework of seven police raids led by the Departmental Investigation Delegation (DDI) of Lomas de Zamora, within the framework of the case titled as “homicide during robbery”.
The suspect, identified as Gustavo Alejandro Martins, alias “El Gordo Ale”, was arrested when he was traveling in a Citroën C3 with his father-in-law through the neighboring town of Villa Transradio. After the arrest, the police were looking for six other alleged members of the gang that carried out the bloody assault.
“I hit myself with a baton, I killed the policeman, if I didn’t kill him, he would kill me.”, was what Martins confessed to his partner, detailed the spokespersons consulted. Although said statement does not have judicial validity, it is expected that Martins, who has a criminal record, will be investigated this Tuesday by prosecutors Gerardo Loureyro and Lorenzo Latorre, from the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) 3 of the Judicial Department of Lomas de Zamora.
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