To the shots and at full speed. This was the persecution
carried out in
La Plata
by a member of the Motorized Prevention Group (GPM) of the Buenos Aires Police and which ended with two motorcycle jets and another accomplice arrested.
The dramatic sequence, which fortunately left no people injured, was recorded on the camera that the agent had installed on his helmet.
The episode occurred on Friday, but it only came to light this Saturday when the images went viral on social networks.
The
shocking sequence lasts just over a minute and a half
, and ends when the police arrest one of those accused of stealing a young woman's cell phone.
The remaining one escaped, but was captured shortly after.
The beginning of the event, meanwhile, can be located on the corner of streets 529 and 119, in the town of Tolosa.
There, a 23-year-old girl reported through a 911 call that two armed men riding a motorcycle had assaulted her.
Shortly after, a motorized police officer from the 6th Precinct identified the suspects at the intersection of 528th and 117th streets, where he attempted to arrest them.
However, the two accused
fled immediately
, but not before pointing a gun at the agent.
At that moment
the chase began, which extended for hundreds of meters
.
“Confrontation, confrontation,” the police officer warned as he began the race and seconds before
at least four shots were heard
.
“They're locked up, he's shooting at me,” he requests over the radio.
Shortly after, she catches up with one of the criminals.
“Get on the floor, get on the floor,”
he demands, while demanding support to capture the remaining thief, who was fleeing after trying to rescue his partner, who shouted: “Take the motorcycle, take the motorcycle.” for my home".
The images show a police van approaching the scene.
“The red motorcycle,” the agent says to his colleagues.
The chase lasted hundreds of meters and at least four gunshots were heard.
According to police and judicial sources, the first detainee was identified as Alexis Gabriel Talesa, 24 years old, who has a record of damage and disobedience, aggravated robbery, robbery, qualified robbery, aggravated threats, injuries and resistance to authority.
His accomplice, meanwhile, is Jonathan Nahuel Leguizamón, 30 years old.
They captured him at his home in Ensenada.
In addition, a third 19-year-old young man, named Federico Alfredo Barrios, was also arrested accused of being a member of the same criminal gang.
The case was classified as robbery due to the attempted use of a firearm and resistance to authority and was handled by prosecutor Cecilia Corfield, head of UFI No. 15 of the Judicial Department of La Plata.
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