Friday, January 13, 2023 | 4:44 p.m.
Last October, Rosendo Lukowski, mayor of the missionary town of Gobernador Roca, had his boat stolen in the city of Ituzaingó in Corrientes. Since then, joint work began between the judicial and police authorities of Ituzaingó and Ayolas (Paraguay) which led to the recovery of the hull of the boat a few hours after the robbery and the location of the engine this Thursday, completing thus the total recovery of the boat.
In the middle of the judicial fair, Ituzaingó justice officials, headed by prosecutor Eugenio Blabastro, coordinated tasks with the Misiones Police, the Paraguayan Police and the Ayolas prosecutor’s office, headed by prosecutor Hugo Dávalos. In coordination, the kidnapping of the nautical motor was achieved in Paraguay, which once recovered was returned to its owner.
“Thanks to the collaboration of residents of the city of Ituzaingó committed to security who provided useful information in the preparatory investigation processed before the Ituzaingó Fiscal Unit, in charge of Eugenio Balbastro and to the efforts made at the fair by said Ituzaingó prosecutor before the Fiscal Unit Zonal No. 2 of Ayolas (Misiones department, Republic of Paraguay), in charge of Prosecutor Hugo Dávalos, who provided invaluable cooperation, it was possible to find the engine in question”, they explain from the prosecutor’s office of the neighboring town of Corrientes.
According to what they say, on December 30, during siesta hours, there was a judicial raid on Paraguayan lands, near the town of San Cosme y Damián, in which the kidnapping and recovery of the 115 HP nautical motor of the brand Yamaha that was stolen from Lukowski in Ituzaingó last October, near Apipé Grande Island. According to the information offered by the prosecution, the engine is already in the possession of its original owner.
From the environment of the Lukowski family, they highlighted the actions of both prosecutors and the security forces of both countries, who in the middle of the judicial fair advanced with the investigation and managed to recover the stolen items, completing the boat, which in the coming days, and After some technical tweaks, he will be able to cross the Paraná again.
From the environment of the mayor, they highlighted that “both fiscal work teams really displayed the cooperation and coordination of Justice, in efficient compliance with order and the law on each bank of the Paraná River, making Mercosur not just an expression happy. The work of both prosecutors not only reached the investigation on both banks of the Paraná River, but also extended to the kidnapping, reconnaissance and even the recovery of the motor” they highlighted. They also highlighted the collaboration of Luís “Mango” Paredes and Ricardo “ChichiPío” Méndez, who provided important collaboration in the process.
Theft and recovery of the helmet
On October 9, Lukowski left his boat named “El Tata” moored on the Corrientes coast, in the Punta Aguirre area, on Apipé Island. The next day, when Rosendo went to look for her to go sailing, the boat was no longer there.
The theft of the boat would have occurred in the early hours of the morning, since Lukowski left it moored on the coast around 00:30 that Monday, and the next morning when he went to see, the boat was gone. Already in the place, the owner realized that the criminals cut the anchor and the mooring rope. They also pointed out that the vessel has a satellite tracking device that was activated.
A day later, the hull of the boat was found, turned over, in an attempt to sink it, but without the engine, in the area of Isabel Cué Island, in Apipé Grande. Nothing was known, since then, of the 115 HP Yamaha engine, until last December 30, when, as was said, the work of justice on both shores ended up specifying the rescue of the missing equipment.
