Three arrested, four turn themselves in Saturday, October 1, 2016 Coast Guards detained for abuseSeven officers held in connection with torture allegations against youths in Villa 21Three Coast Guard officers have been arrested and another four turned themselves over in connection with the abuse of two teenagers in the low-income Villa 21 last Saturday, the community magazine La Garganta Poderosa has reported. Right after the Federal Police stopped and frisked the youths, they were then intercepted again by 20 Coast Guard officers who were in five patrol cars. Yesterday Garganta Poderosa posted on social media, writing that four Coast Guard officers had turned themselves in to the authorities. Remarkably, the teens had also reported that Coast Guard Leandro Adolfo Antúnez, one of the alleged torturers, watched as they entered the district attorney’s office. The human rights organization complained there hasn’t been any serious reforms of police practices or arbitrary arrests for at least two decades.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald October 01, 2016 03:11 UTC