Buenos Aires Chamber of Cassation quashed the acquittal of a group of police officers charged over the death of Gaston Duffau, the young man of 34 who was arrested outside a local fast food restaurant in Ramos Mejía and then found dead with signs of having been beaten.
According to the ruling of the maids Fernando Mancini, Jorge and Carlos Mahiques Celesia, the acquittal was carried by the troops Luis Acuña, Leonard Brand, Mauro Ponti, Natalio Denaris and Rubén Steingruber but not the owner of the Northwest District II of the town , walter Cesari.
The police were accused of the crime of "torture followed by death." Also, judges ordered the creation of a new trial.
On February 23, 2008, Duffau Gaston died after being arrested by six police officers live in the Northwest District II of Ramos Mejia, who, presumably, was severely beaten until he died.
The incident occurred after the young had a discussion with security personnel at the local fast food where it was caught.
Duffau's body appeared on the back of a police van, naked, his feet bound and a double set of handcuffs in his hands in the guard of Acute General Hospital Luis Guemes de Haedo.
According to the police, troops handcuffed him took him to the branch, where he tried to let go because he was "excited" and, given the delay in the ambulance, they decided to take him to hospital for reassurance, but admitted died.
After the boy's family denounced the fact publicly, the Administration of the province of Buenos Aires departed to Silvina Breggia prosecutor (who initially took charge of the case), for irregularities in the investigation, and in turn ordered a new autopsy, after which ordered the arrests.
According to experts of the Judicial Morgue of Lomas de Zamora, Gaston received multiple "multiple injuries suffered by applying shock throughout the body, as well as mechanical asphyxia. "
addition, several witnesses testified that they saw when the former police force arrested the boy and put him in the patrol car.
One defendant, David Mansfield, committed suicide in the unit cell 43 of Gonzalez Catan, where he was serving preventive detention before trial.
SOURCE: minutouno.com
