05/16/2021 7:59 PM
Clarín.com
Society
Updated 05/16/2021 20:07
A case of gender violence in Mendoza ended with a traffic accident and with the aggressor, who was a military man,
dead
.
The Army Major NCO Gustavo
Leopoldo Gallardo (51)
threatened his ex-wife and daughter with a knife in the house where they lived in the Mendoza town of La Consulta, Valle de Uco.
The man was
drunk
.
Faced with the attempted assault, the women called 911 for help and the military man escaped in his truck along a route at full speed.
Upon reaching Route 92, he
collided with a
medieval-style
defense tower
that is a well-known monument in the Los Andes countryside, in the commune of Tunuyán.
He was hospitalized and a few hours later, he
died due to the severity of his injuries
.
The tower against which the military man who had threatened his ex-wife and daughter crashed.
Photo: courtesy El Cuco Digital
The soldier and his wife had been separated for a year, but they continued to live in the same house.
According to the judicial investigation, the discussion began around 1 on Saturday, in a house in the San Cayetano neighborhood, where they lived.
The 49-year-old woman called 911. She asked for help because her husband had threatened them with a knife and
said he was going to kill himself
.
The man was drunk, according to the wife's account to the police.
Suspecting that they would come to arrest him, Gallardo got into his Fiat Toro truck and sped off.
In a few minutes, a police cell phone began to chase him and managed to locate the military's truck on Route 92.
Finally, the man collided with a tower - a medieval-type structure that served as a defense in castles - on the route and the intersection of La Superiora street.
Due to the impact, the soldier was imprisoned in the vehicle.
It was necessary the intervention of volunteer firefighters and personnel of the Coordinated Emergency Service (SEC) to be able to remove him from the truck and transfer him to a hospital.
Gallardo was admitted to the Scaravelli hospital in Tunuyán, 30 minutes from the site of the accident.
Immediately, he was referred to the operating room due to the severity of the fractures and blows from the violent collision with the cement structure.
Despite medical efforts, he died in the early hours of this Sunday.
Meanwhile, his wife and 25-year-old daughter were unharmed.
The judicial investigation was in charge of the San Carlos Fiscal Office.
Mendoza. Correspondent.
In the last ten years in Argentina there is an average of one femicide every 30 hours.
According to statistics from the Office of Domestic Violence of the Supreme Court, in 2018 alone there were 278. Most murders occur in the homes of the victims and are committed by partners or exes.
Where to call
Line 144
Care for women in situations of violence.
Line 137
Attention to Victims of Family Violence.
911 Emergencies
DD
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