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Killing of Luis Espinoza

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On May 16, 2020, Luis' family tried to file a police report for his disappearance, in the very same precinct where his dead body was taken. The policeman declined the chance to file a report before 72 hours since his disappearance. After several days, the policeman admitted of having a silence pact
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had been under question two years prior to the Luis Espinoza case, since it is not a common weapon for security forces in any other area of Argentina. This resulted in a criminal case for fraudulent administration against the province
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His body was then moved to the Monteagudo police precinct, where for four hours, it was being readied to be disposed. The corpse was stripped into a
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Luis tried to defend him, he fell off his horse and ran; being later shot at his back with a police service gun. The bullet entered through his left
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Once the corpse was found, an autopsy and ballistics report established that the bullet causing the deadly wound came from a police service gun, a
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and later on, informed the location of the body. It was found in La Banderita, Catamarca, on May 22, 2020, inside a 492 feet-deep ravine.
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was taking place. The conduct of the said activity was in violation of the quarantine policies. The victim was riding a
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with plastic bags and a rug. He died in some moment between the shooting and the moving to the police precinct.
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for the length of six months for six of the ten accused. The prosecutor had requested a 12-months remand.
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Several security forces members were accused for Luis Espinoza's crime, under the crimes of
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Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos (ACNUDH)
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Luis Espinoza was a 31-year-old rural worker, from the town of Melcho,
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His body left the precinct inside the car trunk of Rubén Montenegro,
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At least four police officers had a struggle with Juan and, when his
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The public opinion traced similarities between his murder and the
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After his body was found, an investigation (Luis Espinoza case,
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of the Catamarca province, where he was dropped into a ravine.
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along his brother Juan in the vicinity of the race, when nine
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On May 15, 2020, while Argentina was under a nationwide
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launched an investigation on the crime, through the
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Protests, social media criticism on police brutality
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Infobox event
considered for merging
Tucuman
Tucuman
Forced disappearance
homicide
Tucumán
Argentina
COVID-19 pandemic
Spanish
horse race
police precinct
car trunk
Catamarca
ravine
Santiago Maldonado case
UN
OHCHR
Tucumán
quarantine
COVID-19 pandemic
Simoca
Tucumán
horse race
horse
police officers
municipal
security guards
brother

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