Hugo René Martínez, retired captain of the Buenos Aires Police, was assassinated by at least four motorcycles aboard two motorcycles that intercepted him at his home in Berazategui to steal his Ford 4×4 truck, according to Télam and confirmed to infobae case sources.
The event occurred yesterday Sunday around 10 p.m. on 125th Street and 7th Avenue. After the attack, Martínez He was urgently transferred to the Hospital Evita Pueblo de Berazateguiwhere he entered consciously, but died this morning, around 6 AM.
Although various versions suggest that Martínez identified himself as a policeman and drew his weapon, this information has not yet been confirmed. Prosecutor Cristian Granados is in charge of clarifying the factwho was present today in the place to tour the area, interview neighbors and relieve security cameras with his team, in a radius of seven blocks in radius.
In the place, the Scientific Police found several pods served from the weapons that the criminals would have fired, which will be expert. Between them, 38 caliber case was found Inside the Ford pickup.
Granados described the file as attempted robbery aggravated by the use of a weapon in a real contest with homicide criminis causakill to hide the theft.
The autopsy determined that Martínez was killed with two shots to the abdomen, with 22-caliber bullets.
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Last week, Granados charged UTOI officer Jeremías Granados with simple homicide for killing a thief who tried to rob him. The incident on Néstor Kirchner avenue, while Mendoza, 24, was heading to the Plátanos station of the Roca train on his bicycle. Mendoza, a member of the UTOI troop of the provincial force, was crossed by two suspects. He shot one with his service Glock pistol. The other fled.
The initial version of the case, coming from Buenos Aires itself, indicated that it was an act of homicide in excess of self-defense. 72 hours later, after analyzing all available evidence, the prosecutor reasoned that the act was a plain and simple homicideaggravated by the use of a weapon.
The main evidence of the case is the video from a security camera in the area, which illustrates this note. After the shots, Mendoza gets on his bike and leaves. He does not alert 911, sources in the case assured, nor did he ask for a force mobile. After the fact, he went to work overtime at the Hudson tollbooth. The alleged thief’s death was reported to 911 by passersby walking down the block. An ambulance arrived and took him to Evita Hospital, where he arrived dead.
The thief did not shoot him, contrary to what the policeman said. Simply, he wanted to snatch it with his hands.
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