Moments of tension have been lived for at least seven hours in the town of Caseros, where a 42-year-old man holds a person hostage inside a house located on Calle Tres de Febrero at 3900.
According to the first data, more than 300 shots were reportedly heard throughout the night. The Halcón Group of the Buenos Aires Police works in the place, as well as troops from different units of the same force.
According to police sources informed Infobae, the aggressor allegedly argued with his wife and took her by the neck while they were having dinner with a friendly family. Due to the violent situation, everyone present withdrew from the house, except for the main suspect – a 42-year-old man identified as Alejandro Darío Maldonado– and a friend, José Alejandro Cáceres (47), the hostage inside the house.
Maldonado, former monotributista, without a blank job since 2016 according to AFIP records, is dedicated to the maintenance of electrical installations and he was employed by a private security company at the beginning of the last decade. His address is registered 16 blocks from the scene.
Personnel from the Tres de Febrero Police Station and the San Martín DDI also work there. The cause is investigated by the prosecutor Diana Mayko, of the UFI N ° 7 of the department of San Martín.
Sources of the case indicated that after the authorities maintained contact with the kidnapper, the man began to shoot. In the midst of the tension the Police established a security perimeter in the neighborhood and asked the neighbors to stay inside their houses.
Sergio Berni, Minister of Security of the Province of Buenos Aires, said in dialogue with Channel 13 who are waiting for the prosecutor’s order for the members of the Halcón Group to enter the house. According to the official, A psychologist spoke for several hours with Maldonado but during the entire negotiation, the man did not express any demand.
“He is a person altered in his mental functions and he is very entrenched. He has large ammunition weapons and as soon as the prosecutor enters, we will enter. He told the psychologist that he was arming himself as for the Third World War. He has a gas mask and a bulletproof vest. We were waiting for the bullets to run out but it is clear he has many. We already have everything planned to enter. We have been standing at the door since dawn, ”Berni said.
Another detail that the official indicated is that when gas was thrown into the house to try to reduce the suspect, only one person was heard coughing. That is why they do not rule out that he has injured the captive person. However, he indicated that it is one of the hypotheses that are being used. “When he wants to talk, when he wants to scream. He is completely alienated and the situation is extremely risky”He added.
The minister stressed that the kidnapper has a significant amount of ammunition and that the shots were directed at police personnel. “Shot through the window and the hallway of the building, which is a PH. That is why admission is very difficult”, Assured the holder of the Buenos Aires Security portfolio.
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