A woman belonging to Argentine Federal Police (PFA)who is on pregnancy leave, was robbed by four criminals They got out of a vehicle, approached her, threatened her and stole her bag when she returned with her partner from a medical check-up, in the Buenos Aires town of Villa Tesei, judicial and force sources reported Thursday.
Judicial and police spokesmen informed Télam that according to the complaint, the victim, who works as a corporal in the Strategic Custody Division of the PFA, was walking with her partner when she was approached by three criminals who got out of a truck black Ford EcoSportwhere there was a fourth thief behind the wheel.
The assailants surrounded and intimidated the woman with a knife. –who is currently on leave while taking a risk pregnancy– and they stripped her of the bag where she carried her belongings, including the ultrasound that had just been done in a doctor’s office.
After the robbery and without approaching the police couple, the thieves escaped in the vehicle.
In the morning, the neighbors told the Todo Noticias channel that this Thursday afternoon they were going to meet in front of the Villa Tesei police station to ask for security and for more patrols to be carried out in the Santa Marta and Libertador neighborhoods.
“I saw the whole robbery through the window of my house and I heard the girl’s husband screaming. He ran away from her to take the criminals, but they went towards her, who was the one with a bag. One had a knife and threatened her, pushed her to get her bag with medical studies,” said a neighbor.
Another neighbor of the block assured that the inhabitants of the area feel “abandoned”, since “the police do not patrol the neighborhood and the cameras they put up do not work”.
The robbery complaint was made at the 2nd police station. of Hurlingham and intervention was given to the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) 7 of the Judicial Department of Morón.
