In the last few hours, the Government of the City of Buenos Aires presented a
criminal complaint
to investigate the incidents and destruction caused in the vicinity of the National Congress after the approval of the
Omnibus Law
.
Thus, we will seek
to identify all those responsible
, beyond the people who were detained.
The presentation was made by the Ministers of Justice, Gabino Tapia, and his Security counterpart, Waldo Wolff, at the request of the Head of Government, Jorge Macri, before the Public Prosecutor's Office of the City.
“We said we were going to file a complaint and we did.
We will demand
the cost of all the damages
from them because we are not going to allow a few vandals and criminals to destroy the City,” the current Head of the Buenos Aires government asserted forcefully.
In the presentation, the officials urged the prosecutor to promote the corresponding preparatory criminal investigation and to take all necessary measures to clarify the fact and identify those responsible.
Meanwhile, Waldo Wolff, Minister of City Security, added: "We request that the commission of the crimes and contraventions committed on February 2 of the current year be investigated and those responsible be identified and punished."
According to the complaint filed this Saturday, “various public assets of the City were vandalized, wooden fences on public roads were set on fire, as well as garbage cans and containers, tiles on the sidewalks were broken, in order to throw blunt objects. to police personnel,” they stated in the letter.
The destruction in the Plaza del Congreso after the march against the Omnibus Law.
In addition, "vehicle circulation was hindered, police personnel and other security forces who were engaged in the task of ensuring public order were attacked in various ways, and various people were hindered from leaving the Congress building."
And it was added: "All this can easily be observed in the various photographs and films that, regarding what happened, have appeared in various media."
Police and protesters clashed on Friday, after the session in deputies.
Photo: EFE
Furthermore, in said presentation it was requested that “as those responsible for the various illegal acts that are the subject of this complaint are identified,
the corresponding intimation of the facts be issued to them
.”
And, in turn, that their identity be reliably made known to the presenters, for the purposes of being able to initiate the pertinent pecuniary claims due to the various effects on the City's public treasury that their conduct has caused."
Through a post on her social networks, Patricia Bullrich, Minister of National Security, reported that 18 people were detained and warned: "We are going to go into the cause thoroughly, investigate each of those involved and
request the expulsion of the two Chileans participating in this disaster
. He who does them, pays for them," he stated.
There are already 18 detainees, plus those from the City, for the destruction in Congress.
Coincidentally, two Chileans, one known for participating in the total destruction of their brother country in 2019. Now, here, playing the photographer while setting everything on fire?
We are going to go deeper into the cause,… pic.twitter.com/LV61VK5nhh
— Patricia Bullrich (@PatoBullrich) February 3, 2024
In the publication, he detailed that there are two Chileans involved in the excesses, one of them with a history of violence in their country, and that they will request their deportation.
The acts of greatest vandalism were recorded hours after the deputies gave half-sanction to the Omnibus Law, discussed for several days in Congress.
The costs for the City, more than 100 million pesos
According to City officials, "the cleaning, repair of street furniture and organization of the area affected by the violent protesters, implies a
cost for the City of $106,890,000
," they detailed.
One of the many detained by the Police after the incidents in the Congress area.
Photo Juano Tesone
"We are going to make those vandals and criminals who destroyed the urban furniture that belongs to everyone pay this cost," Jorge Macri urged.
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