“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 you can read it alone,” Aguilar’s mother replied.
“If there were much more Lucas, we would be much betterKarina Milei also added.
Through Decree 64/2025, published in the official Gazette, the Executive Power instituted a new award destined to recognize those who have stood out for their actions or services as an example of citizen conduct.
This is the first official distinction aimed at rewarding extraordinary acts in the civil sphere. From the Government they underlined the importance of “transmitting to present and future generations the spirit and action of citizens with a vocation of service.”
Luca Aguilar’s crime
The crime of Delivery Nicolás Aguilar occurred on January 31, at the intersection of Asconopé and Alem of the Moreno party, when a man waiting for the collective He began to argue with a street vendor.
According to witnesses, the aggressor said: “What do you look at?” And the discussion climbed to become a fight. In the middle of the struggle, the attacker fled and several neighbors chased himincluding Aguilar.
But the persecution ended in tragedy. In the middle of the street, the aggressor took a knife and He stabbed both the street vendor, Leonardo Ernesto Merollo, 32, and the young deliveryman.
Aguilar received mortal wounds in the thorax and, although he was transferred to a nearby hospital, He failed to survive. Merollo, meanwhile, after being hospitalized, he was able to recover from his wounds.
The murderer, identified as Luis Benjamín Benítez, 38, was arrested shortly after. It was learned that He had a criminal record by aggravated robbery and simple theft.
What Aguilar said on television
Days before being killed, Aguilar had been interviewed by C5N, where he warned about the dangers faced by the distributors in the streets. In the note, He had denounced that the assaults were constant and that criminals used different strategies to ambush them.
“Five times they wanted to steal And, the last time, I almost lose your eye, “he said on television. In addition, he detailed how thieves operated:” They grab you between three or four and they lock you or make false orders to steal your motorcycle. “
As it transpired, Lucas I worked 12 hours a dayfrom noon to midnight. After crime, A group of developers went to the First Police Station of Moreno To manifest and demand answers.
