Overview
- A woman was violently assaulted by her boyfriend inside a room at the Samaná transient hotel after a jealousy dispute over old Facebook photos, suffering punches, being thrown to the floor and a threat with a bottle.
- She managed to flee during a distraction, asked a passerby for help, and then encountered police on Pellegrini Street who took her statement.
- Police mounted a search and intercepted 42-year-old Julio Andrés Ferreyra about two to three hours later near Avenida Ignacio de la Roza and detained him without reported resistance.
- Prosecutor Cristian Gerarduzzi placed the case under the Flagrancia system and the matter is charged as "lesiones leves agravadas por el vínculo y por mediar violencia de género" for accelerated judicial handling.
- The victim was transferred to UFI CAVIG, received medical care, psychological support and legal accompaniment, and indicated she will formalize the criminal complaint which will shape the next steps of the prosecution.