Today, Sunday, a new escape of a prisoner has been reported at a police station located in the microcenter of Buenos Aires, according to police and judicial sources. The fugitive, identified as Wilson Marcelo Ramírez Ríos, a Peruvian national, escaped around 4 PM from Police Station 1D located at Lavalle 451.
Ramírez Ríos, who was detained for aggravated concealment, forgery of public documents, and resisting authority, escaped under circumstances that are under investigation. The authorities of the City Police and the Investigation area are reviewing security cameras to locate the fugitive.
This escape occurs just a week after seven detainees escaped from the 6-A detention center in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Caballito, after incapacitating the on-duty police chief. Meanwhile, at the end of last December, another escape of 17 prisoners took place at a police station in Liniers, which led to the dismissal of high-ranking officials of the City Police.
In this context, the City Government emphasizes that more than 90 percent of detainees in detention centers dependent on city police stations are involved in cases of national justice and should serve their detention in federal prisons. It was pointed out that the National Government has failed to fulfill the commitment to transfer these detainees to federal prisons since 2020, despite the legal provisions regarding this matter.
In June 2020, the Public Defender's Office of the City presented a collective and corrective habeas corpus alleging the violation of rights of the detainees in police stations. A court ordered the creation of a rapprochement table to vacate the police stations and restore the normal functioning of the detention centers. In November 2024, it was ruled that the Federal Penitentiary Service must transfer the convicted individuals to federal prisons within three months and open 1,600 places for detainees with resolved legal situations within four months. The Appeals Chamber confirmed this judicial decision.
