The arrested gendarmes had divided the $ 50,000 – ElSol.com.ar – Diario de Mendoza, Argentina

The federal justice will define in the coming hours the future of the two gendarmes held Sunday afternoon at the bus station, accused of stealing $ 50 000 from a man who had planned to go to Bolivia.

The uniformed members, who were apprehended by members of the Guaymallén investigation unit (UID) during a raid led by the prosecutor of the flights and thefts, Gonzalo Marzal, could be charged with theft for extortion.

This case caused great discomfort in the direction of the national security force, which also opened a parallel internal investigation to determine administrative responsibilities.

At first, it was resolved to separate the suspects from the institution. In the last hours, The sun He accepted new details on how the incident occurred at the Padre Contreras terminal on Saturday afternoon.

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The victim, Benedicto Cadima Rodríguez, appeared in front of the tax office n ° 8 to report that a couple of gendarmes had stolen $ 50,000 in cash. The reconstruction states that the applicant had arrived collectively at the terminal and planned to visit his country, Bolivia.

Police sources said that at the time of the search in their luggage, two gendarmes approached him and asked him how much money he had. Rodriguez replied that he was traveling with $ 200,000 in cash for his field work.

He told the judicial authorities that the soldiers had separated $ 50,000 from their money and told him to withdraw and remain silent.

However, the worker immediately went to the judicial service and lodged a complaint, so the prosecutor Marzal asked for a search in the Gendarmerie detachment of the terminal, located on the first floor of the east wing of the building.

When the UID troops, Guaymallén, arrived for the search, they found the money that the man had denounced.

The same had been divided into two equal parts and was in the hands of Luis Alberto Ávalos (born in Chaco, 24 years old and residing in Las Heras) and Sergeant Salta José Fernando Mamaní (41 years old and living in Capital), who immediately arrested.