The police intervened and there was a death.

The Buenos Aires judiciary is investigating Death of a neighbor occurred during a police operation in the Buenos Aires district Villa Lugano.

The event occurred after 1 p.m. Thursday when a group of Pacification Unit troops walked to the corner Chilavert and Araujoin Barrio 20, responding to a call warning of unrest in the area.

When they arrived, the agents were attacked by some neighbors. In the middle of the fight, while the police They tried to control the situation with their sticks and Tonfas, some detonations were heard – as confirmed Clarion According to police, the weapons involved fired rubber bullets – and one of the neighbors fell to the ground.

Minutes later, the man – 45 years old and identified by the Noticias Argentinas agency as Gabriel González – was treated by SAME for a wound high in the chest and taken to the Piñeiro Hospital, where his death was confirmed.

After the incident, police arrested three people – two men aged 21 and 32 and a 42-year-old woman – who were released a few hours later.

Various social organizations condemned the actions of the Buenos Aires police and called for a march this Friday at 4 p.m. with a meeting point in Avenida Cruz and Escalada.

The National Criminal and Correctional Court No. 20 ordered the initiation of proceedings with the federal police. The city police handed over cell phones, cameras and riot gear used in the incident.

Meanwhile, medical autopsy results are awaited to confirm Gonzalez’s cause of death.

The city police began an internal summary to determine responsibilities, in which the Office of Transparency and External Control of the Ministry of Security and the Internal Affairs Department of the police itself intervened.