Mendoza: a deputy commissioner of the Federal Police was convicted of sexual abuse and abuse of authority

Mendoza: a deputy commissioner of the Federal Police was convicted of sexual abuse and abuse of authority

December 6, 2024 – 18:04

Eduardo Javier Casas Rusch received a sentence of 4 years in prison and disqualification from joining security and special forces for life, for the acts committed between 2019 and 2021.

A deputy commissioner of Mendoza received this Friday a 4 year prison sentence and disqualification from joining security and special forces for the crime of sexual and authority abuse against two police officers.

The sentence was handed down by the Federal Criminal Oral Court (TOF) No. 1 of Mendozafor abuse aggravated sexual to an agent of the same strength and for the abuse of authority and failure to fulfill the duties of a public official in relation to a second subordinate, facts that the deputy commissioner of the Argentine Federal Police, Eduardo Javier Casas Rusch committed between 2019 and 2021.

Under this line, for the TOF, Rush is the author of the crimes of sexual abuse, abusing the relationship of dependency, authority or power aggravated by having been committed by an official of a police force on the occasion of his function, in competition real with non-compliance with the duties of a public official, according to what is detailed by the site prosecutors.

In addition, they also announced that the two victims were declared as victims of gender violence for the facts proven in the case; and that a compensation of eight million pesos (three million for one of the victims and five million for the other) as moral damage and in accordance with the provisions of article 29 of the Penal Code (CP), and arranged therapeutic support for both women, as well as any other needs. related to your psychophysical health.

How was the case

As accredited, the deputy commissioner of the PFA sexually abused, harassed and harassed an employee towards the end of 2019 and until October 2021 at the headquarters of the Mendoza Federal Operational Unit Division and at the Pension Secretariat, in Mendoza.

In turn, the accused mistreated, harassed and discriminated against another internal guard agent from the same division on the basis of genderviolent behavior that escalated since she began performing duties as head of service in the guard in 2020.

These abuses, according to what was explained in the trial, “affected the life, dignity, physical, psychological, sexual integrity and personal safety of the victimized women.”

Source: Ambito

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