The video lasts just five seconds and describes the nightmare of a
woman who was dragged half-naked
through the hall of a building in Puerto Madryn by a
man who was detained
and had a gun in his room.
The images of the attack were
recorded by security cameras
installed in one of the common areas of the building located on 9 de Julio Street in the city of Chubut.
They show the bearded man dressed in a black cap, light blue t-shirt, black shorts and black sneakers.
He drags the victim by his ankles, holding both with the hands of the aggressor, who also carries a backpack across his torso.
First, they go through the half-open door of the elevator and then the man begins the curve towards the door of what appears to be his home, whose door already appears open.
The woman appears
belly down, with her torso naked
and only wearing the bottom part of her underwear.
With her hands, he drags with her what appear to be articles of clothing.
She can see her hair tied up, although her face is never seen throughout the five seconds of the video.
Half of her body, in the first instance, remains outside the apartment and, suddenly, as if the man gave a final pull towards himself, he abruptly forces the other part of the woman's body into the place.
According to the Public Prosecutor's Office of Puerto Madryn, the man was arrested for "aggravated threats and illegitimate deprivation of liberty" for the incident that occurred last Thursday, apparently in broad daylight.
Madryn: He was arrested for aggravated threats and unlawful deprivation of liberty against a young woman.
It happened on Thursday in building.
The hearing will be held in the next few hours, while investigation measures that could aggravate the rating advance.
— Prosecutor's Office Madryn (@FiscaliaMadryn) February 17, 2024
The same investigation unit reported that the investigation continued its course and that the legal classification of the incident could be "aggravated."
In that sense, this Tuesday, Diego Williams, second head of the Puerto Madryn Regional Unit, told the newspaper
El Chubut
that after the release of the video, the authorities began work to find the victim and the perpetrator in order to be able to intervene in the case.
As a result of this, "it is acted ex officio, because
there was no prior complaint."
Although the identities of the man and woman were not released, the authorities revealed that the couple is from Comodoro Rivadavia and that the woman, taken to the Women's Police Station and an assistance unit, reported her attacker.
The man, for his part, was detained while the investigations were carried out, and then he was arrested since "his procedural situation changed."
According to
El Chubut
, during a raid on the apartment where they were staying, investigators found
a 9-millimeter firearm with its magazines and ammunition.
Then, the accusation became "unlawful deprivation of liberty", "sexual abuse" and "threats aggravated by the use of a firearm."