Retired Military Suspect Charged for Poisoning 17 Dogs in Buenos Aires Neighbourhood

AND retired military The “Delayed and formally charged” as the alleged perpetrator of the poisoning at least 17 dogslast Saturday in an agricultural area of ​​the municipality of Buenos Aires Little cakeassured this Thursday the lawyer representing the families concerned.

The judge ordered a search of the house former military highlighted by neighbors. “The prosecutor ordered the stay and his formal award for violation of Article 3 of the Sarmiento Law” by animal crueltyl, said lawyer Juan Manuel Fontana. “There is strong evidence that he did the deed‘ he assured.

The poisoning would have been with me Use of an agrochemical. Consequently, justice searched the house of the accused in search of the poison used. But nothing was found. “It was an expected result because took a long time to get rid of agrochemicalsBut I don’t think that’s the only support that bolsters the investigation,” Fontana said in televised statements.

Additionally, he claimed that “many witnesses testified vigorously and it was neighbors who testified that this was one.” violent person, it got it Problems with multiple people in the neighborhood and they mentioned that, for example Man allegedly used guns as scary dog“.

Furthermore, the lawyer claimed that the defendant “threatened to poison his dogs if the dogs hurt his pets“.

17 dead dogs in the same neighborhood

Last Saturday morning, the death of 17 dogs by poisoningin the town of Magdalena caused a stir among the locals eight apples in the same neighborhood.

The first dog found dead and poisoned was Homer, a Golden retriever brown color of Two and a half yearsof the Chiappesoni family. In the complaint filed with the UFI n° 11 of When paying justiceIt was pointed out that the animal was lying under a tree and had blood on its muzzle, and the animal pointed out that it had typical symptoms of poisoning.

The impact was amplified when other area residents also found their pets dead in similar circumstances. And in addition, in all cases the owners have been found Aluminum cans packed in nylon bags with liquid inside.

As a form of “revenge”, the families immediately cited a 50-year-old village neighbor with the initials RG as the suspected cause of the poisoning as the dogs were roaming their cattle, police said.

Lawyers for the families involved also said it was a retired military man. “Obviously mental issues” and that “he is a person linked to the campaign”. can obtain hard-to-find agrochemicals.

Finally, he explained that the dogs were dead.eating from a tin can with phosphorus organs being tested”. These are poisonous entrails that the person would have distributed in cans for oreight blocks from the entire neighborhood.

“This person has a history of killing animals using the same method, multiple people have testified, there are strong testimonies and previous complaints,” the lawyer concluded.