Jorge Oscar Galiano and Jorge Ezequiel Zerda, two of the bus drivers who participated in the protest for the crime against Daniel Barrientos, which occurred in the district of La Matanza, They were arrested this Wednesday night, accused of “aggravated attack against authority”, which provides for a sentence of between six months and two years in prison.
The detainees were arrested by order of the judge, Luisa María Escrich, head of the Criminal, Contraventional and Misdemeanor Court of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) No. 20, according to the information published by the Télam agency. The arrests occurred in the Buenos Aires towns of Merlo and Gregorio de Laferrerealthough raids were also carried out in two transport companies.
The officials seized from one of the companies the personal file of Cristaldo Humberto Eliseo, another of the bus drivers designated as responsible for the attack on the Buenos Aires minister. They also took documentation “on another 555 people.” The cause for which the alleged attackers were arrested began with a complaint from the city police who intervened with the infantry corps in the demonstration..
The attack on Sergio Berni occurred last Monday as part of the protest of bus drivers in La Matanza, due to the death of the driver, Barrientos, in the town of Virrey del Pino. The minister was beaten by several protesters when he approached the concentration on General Paz and Juan Martín de Rozas avenueslimit between the Buenos Aires party and CABA.
Sergio Berni himself had informed the prosecutor, Fel Rolero Santurian, of his intention to “promote a criminal case” to investigate the aggression suffered that day. Then, the court summoned the official to report “whether he would continue or withdraw the criminal case as a victim,” and communicated his decision to “promote the complaint.”
