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A detained man was rescued by a commando group armed with rifles as he was taken to a medical center in a Buenos Aires Penitentiary Service (SPB) vehicle in Campana.
According to the police, it is Juan Manuel Colauti (46), who has a previous conviction for robbery.
This all happened around 9:30 a.m. this Wednesday at the corner of Belgrano and Liniers, where a Ford Ranger truck carrying at least four criminals intercepted the SPB truck that was taking the prisoner for a health check.
After stealing the agents’ weapons, they rescued Colauti and fled along Route 6 towards Exaltación de la Cruz aboard the Ranger, whose first letters on the license plate are AF.
According to the speakers, the perpetrators were armed with rifles.
Montauti, a prisoner at Campana Penal Unit 21, was transferred to the San José municipal hospital because of a heart condition, Télam said.
How did the rescue operation go?
The gang managed to overpower the four prison inmates responsible for the transfer – an officer in charge, a driver and two guards – and stole their service weapons – three Bersa 9mm pistols – and the keys to the vehicle.
“Four heavily armed Natalia Natalia intercepts the correctional service cell phone and rescues an inmate who was transferred by staff. They also steal weapons from him,” warned a police officer in this regard during one of the radio modulations broadcast after the event and to which Telam Access.
A commando group rescued a prisoner who was transferred to a medical center in Campana.
Although police reported that there were four criminals who rescued the prisoner, other prison sources said the group consisted of five people.
In addition, they stated that the weapons and keys to the truck were found near the place where the commando coup took place.
According to the sources, Montauti was imprisoned for the crimes of “aggravated robbery for carrying a weapon of war,” “counterfeiting a registered item,” “aggravated concealment,” and “resisting authority.”
The fugitive was at the disposal of the Guarantee Court 2 of the Justice Department of Moreno-General Rodríguez, headed by Gabriel Alberto Castro, which authorized his transfer to the health center.
“It was the third time he was taken to San Jose Hospital with a doctor’s appointment for a heart condition,” a spokesman told the inquest.
The rescue occurred three blocks from the Campana turnoff of the Pan-American Highway and about 20 blocks from the hospital.
In a press release, the SPB stated that “the detainee kidnapped by the gang was arrested in February of this year and is being prosecuted by the Guaranteed Court No. 2 of the Judicial Department of Moreno for the crime of aggravated robbery.” Rodríguez, from where they are prosecuting the “We requested that the prisoner be transferred for cardiological treatment.”
The statement of the Buenos Aires Penitentiary Service (SPB) about the prisoner rescued by a commando group in Campana.
Prosecutor Laura Brizuela, head of Campana’s Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) 2, intervenes in the “evasion” case.
