Germán Federico Zapata Ruíz (39), first officer of the City Police, began working as a driver for the Uber travel application in 2022 to be able to improve his income and make ends meet. And this Sunday morning, before picking up his girlfriend, he was going to make the last trip of the day. However, a passenger killed him in cold blood for reasons that are still unclear, although It is suspected that it was to rob him.
The attack was recorded by a home security camera. In the recording you can see that the murderer throws the body from the car towards the street and then escape. It was because of that footage that they managed to arrest him and later they discovered that the accused is also a police officer, but from Buenos Aires.
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This Tuesday at 8:30 he is scheduled to testify before the Justice in La Matanza. “It is proven that it was him, he handed over the weapon when they arrested him,” said Sergio Zapata, father of the victim, in dialogue with TN.
The cell phone, gun and ammunition seized from the alleged murderer. (Photo: TN)
According to Sergio’s story, the suspect requested the trip on the application with his father’s user. “She picked him up from a party at an aunt’s house and asked for the car to leave,” she described.
Before the attack, the City officer, who had been part of the force for 18 years and had five children, spoke with his girlfriend and told her that after the last trip he was going to pick her up, But I never arrive.
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In the recording you can see that after throwing the body in the middle of the street, the suspect, identified as Francisco Isaac Piñeiro (20) and agent of the Immediate Operations Tactical Unit (UTOI), escaped aboard the car. “He took him down and threw him like a dog.”lamented Sergio, father of the victim.
In turn, he considered that there is sufficient evidence to determine that Piñeiro was the author of the attack: “They have elements that it was him because it matches the clothing. He was smoking and when he got out he threw the cigarette butt on the asphalt (which was found by the Scientific Police). Apparently there are the gun casings inside the vehicle.”
This was the crime of the police officer in Laferrere
Thanks to a home security camera, it was discovered that at 2:22 a red Volkswagen Fox car parked on the street with two people on board.
At one point, the person traveling as a passenger got out, walked in front of the car and opened the driver’s door. There, the man who was driving He was thrown to the asphalt and was left lying on the spot, while the aggressor escaped in the vehicle.
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A patrol car went to the scene when neighbors alerted the police after discovering the dramatic scene. The victim was immediately transferred to the Paroissien Hospital of Isidro Casanova, where he died shortly after arriving.
The crime occurred in the town of Laferrere. (Photo: Buenos Aires Police)
The Fox involved in the crime was found abandoned on Alagón and Golfán streets, in the town of González Catan. According to what was revealed, the accused parked his car in that area, a block and a half from his house, and then walked away.
According to the police report, the car was registered in the name of Tania Milagros Irarrazabal, although it was determined that it had been rented to another person in the past. The case file is in charge of prosecutor Claudio Fornaro.
