In a joint operation, the arrest of a subject involved in the theft of nine heads of cattle in the town of Mercedes was achieved. The incident occurred between the afternoon of Wednesday the 12th and noon on Thursday the 13th of this month, when at least two individuals, aboard a white Chevrolet S10 vehicle with a cage trailer, entered a livestock farm located in the XIV barracks of Mercedes. .
The criminals cut one of the links in the chain of the entrance gate to the property and illegally seized nine heads of large cattle, eight of the Aberdeen Angus breed and one Black and White Pampa, all identified and weighing approximately between 350 to 400 kilograms. Then they fled.
The Functional Instruction Unit No. 6, headed by Dr. Luis Carcagno, of the Mercedes Judicial Department, took intervention in the case, issuing the necessary directives for the
On Thursday, thanks to inquiries made by the victim and the personnel of the Mercedes Rural Patrol Command, it was discovered that the slaughter of the animals was being carried out in the Ravello neighborhood. An emergency raid was ordered, confirming that the stolen cattle were being slaughtered for later sale. Fortunately, he managed to recover eight head of live cattle and return them to their owners.
Finally, on Friday, one of the perpetrators of the robbery, a 19-year-old young man residing in Mercedes, showed up at the headquarters of the Rural Patrol Command. Given the possibility that he interfered with the investigation, he was urgently arrested. The accused appeared before the tax agent at a declaration hearing under the terms of art. 308 of the Code of Criminal Procedure on Saturday the 15th of this month, being accused of “Triplely aggravated rustling, for being the rustling of five or more heads of large livestock, through the use of motorized means for their transport and for carrying out the seizure under the conditions pr
Subsequently, the conversion of the arrest into detention was requested before the Guarantee Court No. 1, headed by Dr. Marcelo Romero.
