In the last hours, shortly before the Day of the Veteran and the Fallen in the Malvinas War is commemorated, a former combatant was killed shot in the head when he was working alongside another person who was wounded in the arm. He has already arrested a first suspect.
The tragic event occurred this Saturday afternoon in the Buenos Aires town of Lanús, and ended the life of Ricardo Akinsa 64-year-old retired non-commissioned officer of the Marine Corps, as confirmed by the Buenos Aires Minister of Security, Javier Alonso.
The sequence of the crime began when two criminals approached with robbery purposes to Akins and his partner Osvaldo Guzman49, at the intersection of Arturo Illia and Ferre streets while they were carrying out private custody of the home of a 77-year-old woman.
When both were unloading objects from a black Volkswagen Amarok van, the assailants approached them and a scene took place. struggle between Guzmán and one of the criminals, while the second shot the ex-combatant in the head, producing his death on the spot.
According to witness accounts, the assailants fled the crime scene after stealing the war veteran’s weapon. For his part, Guzmán, who received a shot in the arm He had to be transferred to the Lanús Neighborhood Hospital, where he remains hospitalized out of danger.
After a call to 911, they arrived at the scene shortly after. members of the Lanús 2nd police station. with him Tactical Operations Group (GTO) from Lanús and a team from the Scientific police.
They arrested a suspect for the crime of the Malvinas veteran
The officers began the investigation and mounted an operation that allowed the arrest of the first suspectwho entered the Iriarte Hospital in Quilmes with a gunshot wound and whose characteristics coincide with those provided in Guzmán’s testimony. In parallel, efforts are being made to find the whereabouts of the second person involved.
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The case was left in the hands of the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) number 6, in charge of Martin Darío Rodríguezfrom the Avellaneda-Lanús Judicial Department.
In this framework, from the Monitoring Center of the Secretary of Security of the municipality they managed to identify the vehicle in which the criminals escaped. Furthermore, the prosecutor ordered the trespass of the address of the owner of the vehicle, who has a criminal record, and his capture request.
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