Pedophilia Network: One of the raids took place in Mendoza

Public Safety Minister Patricia Bullrich said today that 40 raids were carried out simultaneously in Argentina and Brazil to disrupt an international network of child badgraphy. One of these raids was made in the province of Mendozabut the minister did not give specific details on this.

Bullrich said that they were 16 operations in the province of Buenos Aires, 11 in the city of Buenos Aires, four in Santa Fe, two in Chaco and the rest in Mendoza, Rio Negro, La Rioja, Santiago del Estero, La Pampa and Entre Ríos. Among these procedures, the home of Russo, formerly head of immunology and rheumatology at Garrahan Hospital, was raided.

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Bullrich spoke about the detention of 55-year-old Garrahan Hospital pediatrician, Ricardo Russo, accused of possession and distribution of child badgraphy and links to an international network, as part of a wider investigation. large.

"Fourteen searches were carried out simultaneously in Brazil and Argentina, where Homeland Security (US government agency), the federal police, the city, the national gendarmerie and the judiciary were working together through the specialized prosecutor's office," cybercrime ". said the minister at a press conference with deputy head of government of the city of Buenos Aires and Minister of Security, Diego Santilli.

"Since November 22, the cybercrime department of the municipal police and the gendarmerie has been striving to reach the arrests of yesterday, like that of Russo, which shocked the medical world and society as a whole , as well as the person who stopped the arrest.The police of Cordoba, "added the official.

Bullrich also referred to another 23-year-old man who was arrested last night at his home in Río Tercero on charges of possession and distribution of child badgraphy, according to a statement from the Public Prosecutor's Office of Córdoba (MPF) .

For his part, the minister reiterated that it was "a team effort with the US Homeland Security and the police of Brazil, a real effort to get the job done. team like the one that President Mauricio Macri asks us ".

Santilli added that it was important "to rebadure everyone about the team work" while highlighting the work of the office of the special prosecutor in charge of computer crimes of the city, in charge of the prosecutor Daniela Dupuy, and the judge of criminal cases, offenders and Faltas 24, Maria Alejandra Doti. Santilli clarified that Garrahan Hospital "was a victim" in this case and at a timely consultation on the presence of images inside the health center, said " there is a research secret that we must respect ".

"It's a task that must be accomplished in secret – we know that there are medical images, but you have to determine where they come from," he added.

Source: Telam