The lawyer for the Automotive Tramway Union (UTA), Silvio Piorno, which sponsors the bus drivers who attacked the Minister of Security of the province of Buenos Aires, Sergio Berni, in the middle of a protest for the murder of Daniel Barrientosrecounted how his defendants are after spending a few hours in detention.
Piorno denied the versions that were spread by the Buenos Aires government about an alleged link between the attackers of minister Sergio Berni and the president of the national PRO, Patricia Bullrich. “No way,” emphasized UTA’s attorney, “It is a fallacious version, totally inaccurate.” In addition, she remarked that the bus drivers Jorge Galiano and Jorge Zerda “do not belong to any political entity”.
“They are sorry for the attack on the minister,” insisted the defender, remarking that “they were overwhelmed, stressed and overwhelmed by the situation”. According to his hypothesis, “someone lit the fuse – of the aggressions – and they got caught up in it, but we don’t know who they were.” Later, Piorno affirmed that “it was a totally unfortunate performance” because “they got out of line” and denied any type of political connection of his clients.
The lawyer also referred to a photo that circulates through the networks, in which Patricia Bullrich is seen meeting with a person who looks similar to one of the bus driversabout which “he denied that it was any of his defendants”. Galiano and Zerda were released after the investigation, in which they refused to testify, after “the traumatic situation they experienced with the raids and arrests”.
Both drivers They withdrew to their homes, although they remain linked to the cause while the investigation continues. As Jorge Zerda anticipated when he arrived at his house in Laferrere, “We are just going to give a press conference on Monday”, “now I want to rest and be with my family”. The UTA, meanwhile, confirmed that they will lift the bus stoppage and the 16 lines of the Almafuerte and Nueva Ideal companies will circulate normally again.
