In the Buenos Aires party of La Matanza, a police officer from the City was assaulted by criminals and received a gunshot wound to her right hand. The victim, Johanna Elisabeth Espindola, was on her way to work when she was approached by two thieves who stole her bag with parts of her uniform and her service pistol in the locality of Ciudad Evita.
The woman is hospitalized at Balestrini Hospital for medical attention. This incident adds to a recent confrontation between City police and criminals in the Buenos Aires suburbs. In another case, an off-duty officer managed to defend himself from an attempted robbery by two wrongdoers in González Catán.
Additionally, an officer returning home in Villa Madero was shot at by a criminal who got out of a car on Pedro de Mendoza Street, almost General Paz, but he was unharmed. In the Tres Febrero party, thieves opened fire on a patrol car during a chase that had begun on the General Paz and Nazarre avenue, impacting a projectile on the windshield of the vehicle.
Data from police sources indicate that at least 38 City police officers have been victims of similar attacks in the Buenos Aires suburbs, with an average of one officer assaulted every 23 hours.