The official was consulted about this at Casa Rosada, where she stated: “There is no flaw in any investigation, Talc is always confused with cocaine and the Security Forces warned that it could be a false positive. Unfortunately, until it was proven, they left him in prison.”
Days ago, Bullrich He had celebrated on his X account (formerly Twitter) that an individual had been arrested by the Gendarmerie for transporting two kilos of cocaine in Mendoza. inside talcum jars. “A lot of talc, not very efficient”, the minister ironized. However, it was finally proven that there was an error, that it was not cocaine, and he was released after being imprisoned for more than 20 days.
The Gendarmerie confusion between talc and cocaine that left an innocent man imprisoned for more than 20 days
The incident occurred at the beginning of October, when Gendarmerie troops were carrying out a check on National Route 7. There, they stopped a bus that was traveling on the Mendoza-Buenos Aires route. Maximiliano Ariel Acosta, who traveled with 18 containers of talcum powder. This caught the attention of the uniformed officers, who carried out tests with reagents that were positive and The man was detained.
Acosta, 42 years old, He was deprived of his freedom for 21 days, first in U32 of the Federal Courts and then in the federal prison in the Mendoza town of Cacheuta. Finally, on the night of Wednesday, October 23, he was released.
In this regard, Laura, the victim’s mother, denounced the mistreatment that her son received while he was imprisoned. “They mistreated him. They talked about drug trafficking. They didn’t let him go to the bathroom. They stole all his belongings, money and his jacket. I spoke with the prosecutor’s office and they told me that they were going to take care of him. They lied to me”he stated in dialogue with the local media Andean Site.
In addition, he pointed out that he was released without money, alone and without knowing where he was, so He had to ask for help from a motorist who took him to the center of Mendoza.
“Let the Gendarmerie tell me what reagents they used. They told me that they saw him in a suspicious and nervous attitude. We have returned to the worst times in the country”the mother expanded.
The Ministry of Security denounced Rafael Di Zeo for threats to Patricia Bullrich
It all started when the Security portfolio decided to sanction Fabián “Topadora” Kruger and Fernando “Lana” Gatica, members of the Boca barrabrava, for the incidents in the match between xeneize and Gimnasia for the Argentine Cup.
After hearing the news, An audio of Rafael Di Zeo, head of the Boca bar, was leaked, in which he complained about the sanctions and challenged the authorities.
“And if the lady (Patricia Bullrich) continues doing what she wants that way, well, let her do it that way… We are going to do ours, idiot, we’re going to make trouble for Tribuna Segura,” said Di Zeo in the audios, and doubled down: “So what do you want? Let’s go to war? Let’s go to war. Let him do what he wants. She’s stupid. If this is live, stupid.”
Once the audios were leaked, the ministry led by Bullrich filed a criminal complaint against the bar for intimidation and threats. This was notified by the holder of the portfolio on her social networks, where she stated: “No one threatens me.”
Source: Ambito
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