Video: Valdez grapples with city police after crime

Oscar Gustavo Valdez (30), a former builder from Villa 31 and from Ciudad del Este, Paraguay, was arrested on Tuesday after allegedly He will steal his regulation weapon from the police of Buenos Aires Maribel Zalazar at Retiro Station on Metro Line C, only to shoot him, a bullet that cost the officer his life. An operator of the EMOVA company, concessionaire of the metro network, was also injured, although he was out of danger.

After the attack, Valdez was persecuted by members of the federal police (PFA) and the municipal police. Finally it was caught at the height of the Sheraton Hotel and boarded a patrol car.

Upon entering the cell phone, as seen in the video at the top of this note, the man struggled with the officers and shouted, “Take it to my son and daughter, don’t do this to me! I’m the boss, I won! You won’t bother with me! They hurt me, the cameras!”.

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While all of this was going on, the city police officer was rushed in a federal police helicopter to Churruca Hospital, where she was assisted in the shock room and operated on in an attempt to save his life. He had severe chest and neck injuries, in addition to his compromised left lung. His body did not resist and at 12:30 p.m. the doctors confirmed his death.

Valdez, in a photo from 2013

Assured police sources GlobeLiveMedia that the inmate has income in the Buenos Aires system in recent years due to resistance to authority (2020) and gender-based violence (2021). On the latter, for example, there is a case settled at Public Prosecutor’s Office No. 16, specialized in the said matter, responsible for Claudia Barcia. The Federal Police Communications System (SIFCOP) had even been asked to find out where he was. However, the criminal and correctional chamber does not register any proceedings against him.

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