Police Montes de Oca has been arrested for the murder of Facundo Ferreira

Tuesday morning, the policeman Nicolás Montes de Oca appeared in front of the prosecutor's office to be investigated for the crime of Facundo Ferreira, which took place at dawn of March 8 following a shooting of the boy of 12 years. . According to judicial sources, Montes de Oca refrained from testifying before the prosecutor Adriana Giannoni. From the Office of the Prosecutor they made a request for preventive detention after the charge against Montes de Oca for the aggravated homicide crime.

Until the end of this edition, there was no decision of the judge so the police officer continues to be apprehended. This contrasts with the speed with which Judge Víctor Rougés defined Monday night that the other police officer involved, Mauro Díaz Cáceres, would not be placed in pre-trial detention.

According to what happened, Judge Rougés (who does not understand cause, but was on duty) dismissed the application for preventive detention on Díaz Cáceres, arguing that it was not necessary to do so. There is no procedural risk in the case. Since the trial, in charge of human rights organization Andhes, they have filed briefs to appeal the liberty granted to Díaz Cáceres and require preventive detention for both, accused of aggravated homicide. For the complaint there is a real risk in the obstruction of the ongoing investigation because of the condition of belonging to the police, with multiple contacts and the power of influence. Multiple threats received by Facundo Ferreira's family and subsequent police harbadment in the neighborhood where the 12-year-old boy was living were also reported.

Investigating Concealment

With the call to declare the two agents, some points around the investigation conducted by the Office of the Prosecutor. It is to determine if the action of the police has sought to conceal. There are several irregularities and incongruities about this early in the morning.

Among the most relevant facts is the fact that Facundo arrived alive at the Padilla Hospital, despite being caught late hours and not notifying the 107 service. Another striking fact is to have chosen this hospital and not the health center, located five blocks from the scene. It also highlights a criminal record where two diverted weapons are spoken, whereas in fact only one weapon was found, a weapon where there was no trace of DNA. Refusing the official version of a confrontation, the electronic scan test was negative to Facundo, so it is ruled out that there was any weapon shot.

Political and Judicial Relief

From the beginning, police received political support from the provincial and national governments. It was first the turn of the provincial Minister of Security, Claudio Maley, who pointed the finger at the victim and his family. Then the Minister of Security of the Nation, Patricia Bullrich, supported the police claiming that it was a confrontation where the police had defended. A reaffirmation of the Chocobar doctrine that had emphasized the previous weeks to justify the police shootings.

Currently, the political support of the Government of Juan Manzur continues through the intermediary of the lawyer provided by the Ministry of Security. Another sign is that agents continue to perform in strength. Although they can not patrol, they are both supported by the police headquarters and the idea of ​​a sanction is an badumption that the same authorities are responsible for the compensation.

The explicit refusal of the preventive detention requested from Díaz Cáceres aroused suspicion. He was a judge on duty. Throughout the day on Monday, Judge Facundo Maggio, who understands the case, was waiting for the unusual deployment of the police so that the press would not be in contact with the accused. Maggio, proposed as a judge by Manzur, comes to badume challenges with human rights organizations for his role as a defender of crimes against humanity.

Denounce the threats and demand a prison for the police

The day Yesterday, relatives of Facundo Ferreira held a press conference before the government refusing the freedom of Díaz Cáceres. "They have enough evidence to put them in prison, why did they start, I ask the prosecutor and the judge who intervened to take action on this, they can not be so cowardly on the street. , that there is another Facundo? What I ask is that justice be done for my grandson, "says Mercedes del Valle Ferreira

. In the afternoon, the family went to court, accompanied by social and political organizations, to wait for the news of Montes. d & # 39; Oca. In both cases, they denounced the threats made by members of the accused's family, as well as the constant raids perpetrated in the Juan XXIII district against the young people, friends and family of Facundo Ferreira