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Argentine police vehicle collisions involving minors
Overview
In Lomas de Zamora, police pursuits involving patrol vehicles have resulted in the deaths of children.
In one incident in the Ingeniero Budge area, a two-year-old boy, Julián Emiliano Benítez, died after a high-speed police chase involving a motorcycle. Witnesses stated the patrol car was traveling at high speeds without sirens when it struck a vehicle carrying the child. The driver of the patrol car was detained and charged with aggravated involuntary manslaughter and breach of official duties.
In a separate case involving a collision in Fiorito, a correctional court sentenced a police officer to three years and eight months of house arrest for the aggravated manslaughter of a nine-year-old boy. A second officer received a two-year suspended sentence and a driving ban for aggravated negligent injuries.
Entities
Lomas de Zamora · Fiorito · Santiago Silva · Julián Emiliano Benítez · Patricio Pérsico
Timeline
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[CRIME] 3 sourcesArgentine police officers sentenced in fatal Fiorito vehicle collision
A police officer in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina, has been sentenced to over three years of house arrest for the aggravated manslaughter of a nine-year-old boy in a 2023 patrol car collision.
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[CRIME] 6 sourcesLomas de Zamora police chase results in death of two-year-old boy
A two-year-old boy died in Lomas de Zamora, Argentina, after a police patrol car, pursuing motorcycle suspects, collided with the vehicle he was traveling in with his father.
Sources
centraldenoticiasmadariaga.com · chacoprensa.com · diarioconurbano.com.ar · lanoticia1.com · laopinion.com · limite42.com · notienred.info · politicadelsur.com