The President Javier Milei delivered on Monday the “to the citizen value” to Lucas Nicolás Aguilarthe delivery that was killed in Moreno in the middle of a street fight after defending a street vendor. The case of the young man quickly took notoriety since in the hours prior to the crime, he had denounced insecurity in that town.
Through a message from the president’s office, the president received the family of the 20 -year -old to deliver the recognition. “Here is the decoration. While it will not bring it again, at least implies recognition of his heroic act that is to give life for another person and at least This is a testimony of Lucas’s greatness”Milei said in dialogue with the victim’s mother.
“I took the daring to make a letter to give you in hand so that you can read it alone,” said the mother, who was accompanied by the rest of the family.
The Minister of Security participated in the ceremony, Patricia Bullrichand the Secretary General of the Presidency, Karina Mileiwho also left the family a few words: “If there were much more Lucas, we would be much better”.
The president announced the decoration, which was the first time it was carried out postmortem in a post in their social networks when the incident occurred. “They killed Lucas Aguilar, a Moreno deliveryman who defended a street vendor from an assault. The street vendor was stabbed, but survived thanks to Lucas. Lucas made the maximum sacrifice for a stranger, delivered his life to defend him”, He wrote in the publication of Milei.
And he continued with the announcement: “Consequently, and to honor its value, We will create the award to the value of the common man, delivered by the President of the Nation, and the first to receive it, posthumously, will be Lucas Aguilar”.
“Lucas is a hero and an inspiration for the entire Argentine people, and in particular for Buenos Aires, who Given the neglect, inoperance and guarantee of Governor Kicillof, he is suffering a catastrophic insecurity that is ending in a bloodbath for common people. QEPD Lucas, ”concluded the message.
Through Decree 64/2025, published in the Official Gazette, the Executive Branch created the award and explained that it is “in recognition of those who have distinguished themselves meritory for their actions or services as an example of citizen conduct.”
The measure put in force the first decoration created to be delivered to those citizens who had “extraordinary actions in the civil sphere”. For this reason, from the Government they stressed that “it is imperative to convey to present and future generations the spirit and action of citizens with a vocation of service.”
The 20 -year -old was killed on January 31 in the Buenos Aires town of Morenoafter defending a street vendor in the middle of a street fight. Lucas, who worked as a delivery, was stabbed when he tried to save the other man who was selling alfajores on public roads.
According to what he could know Infobae On the reconstruction of the fact, the conflict began when the defendant initiated an argument with the seller. Apparently, he was aboard a group, so he descended and ended up advising the merchant.
After having caused the wound, the man tried to leave the place on foot, when the witnesses followed him to prevent him from escaping. Among them, he was the victim who had stopped. As a result, the aggressor attacked him and caused his death almost instantly, since he could not be resuscitated by health personnel.
The case is investigated by the prosecutor Federico Dreamoraby the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) N ° 4 of Moreno, who confirmed to This medium that the aggressor had been arrested and charged with both facts. Although he did not confirm the charges that were charged to him, he informed that the second victim had been transferred to a hospital in the area, where he is hospitalized in a state.
In the hours before the crime, the murdered delivery had appeared on television, after dialogue with the news of the news C5n about insecurity in the party and, specifically, about the case of the city policeman who murdered a motochorro and injured his accomplicewhen they tried to steal him on Wednesday night.
“Live passing because the area is re freed”denounced the deliveryman, after being consulted on whether the robberies of motorcycles in the city were usual. He also revealed that he had bought his motorcycle for two years to work and help his family. In that period of time, he said that they would have tried to steal at least five opportunities.
In line with the level of violence that is lived in the streets, the victim said he was close to losing an eye, after the last time he was attacked to steal him. “I almost lost my eye, they opened everything here,” he said when pointing out the area of his right eyelid.
