They recaptured two of the 17 prisoners who escaped from a police station in Liniers

They recaptured two of the 17 prisoners who escaped from a police station in Liniers

December 25, 2024 – 11:03

The Buenos Aires City Police managed to locate Alet around 8:00 p.m., hiding at the top of a tree at the intersection of General Paz Avenue and the Ricchieri Highway.

Two of the 17 prisoners who escaped through a gap in the Mayor’s Office of the Communal Police Station 9 de Liniers were recaptured this Tuesday night. It is about Jorge Nahuel Alet, 33 years old, and Axel Romero, 21, both accused in cases related to robberies.

The Police of the City of Buenos Aires managed to locate Alet around 8:00 p.m.hidden at the top of a tree at the intersection of General Paz Avenue and the Ricchieri Highway, on the side of the province of Buenos Aires. For his part, Romero was arrested shortly before in a home registered in his name in Ingeniero Budge, Lomas de Zamora district.

According to police sources, andOn Christmas Eve Tuesday, the search and raking operation continued to locate the 15 prisoners who are still at large. Of the fugitives, Eleven are Argentine and six are Chilean. Furthermore, half of them live in the province of Buenos Aires, while five were serving sentences in facilities located in the City.

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One of the prisoners recaptured by the City Police

One of the prisoners recaptured by the City Police

This escape, the 14th recorded in Buenos Aires police stations during the year, It was the largest so far. The City of Buenos Aires has long faced a problem of overcrowding in police stations, which even house detainees with final sentences.

The Buenos Aires Minister of Security, Waldo Wolff, reported that there are currently 2,300 inmates in the City of Buenos Aires. To alleviate this situation, the construction of a new warden with the capacity to house 700 detainees is planned, although the project has already generated controversies among the residents of Villa Soldati.

Changes in the police leadership after the mass escape

The escape of 17 detainees in Liniers led the head of the Buenos Aires Government, Jorge Macri, to order the removal of the leadership of the City Police. The head and deputy head of the force, Pablo Kisch and Jorge Azzolina, They will be replaced by general commissioners Diego Casaló and Carla Mangiameli, respectively.

Source: Ambito

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