On Monday evening, liberal author and finance master's degree holder Federico Dominguez reported being the victim of a violent robbery at a Vacalin store. He accused the Buenos Aires City Police of refusing to act, despite having the real-time location of the criminals.
According to Dominguez himself, the incident occurred at the store located at Dorrego and El Salvador, in the Palermo neighborhood. "I have the thieves' location because they didn't completely turn off my iPhone, but the Buenos Aires City Police still refuses to go get them," he tweeted.
Dominguez detailed what happened: "Entering the Vacalin store, they came to rob. They made me throw myself to the floor, threatened the cashier, and took the money from the register, my cell phone, and my cards."
The public complaint escalated minutes later when Dominguez explained that his iPhone was still active and emitting a signal. "We would love to go right now, but unfortunately we have to wait for the prosecutor to give us a search warrant," revealed a head of the porteña force.
The post generated a wave of solidarity from other users, several of whom indicated that the phone's location was in the Villa Fraga area, located nearby.
According to Noticias Argentinas, the Buenos Aires City Police "cannot go to retrieve the phone without a search warrant issued by the prosecutor, otherwise the officer is exposed to a sanction."
The accuser, who mentioned the Head of Government Jorge Macri and the Buenos Aires City Police account in his complaint, explained the justification given by the security forces: "alleging that they need a search warrant."
"If the prosecutor does not order the search warrant, we cannot go and get it on our own. The Justice would come down on us."
