Overview
- Ten detainees seized three police officers at Alcaidía 1‑A after a fight, holding them for about five hours before negotiators secured the last release late Thursday.
- City authorities regained control of the facility, transferred 31 inmates to other police detenction sites and ordered the alcaidía closed temporarily for review.
- A crisis committee made up of the city security ministry, the Procuración Penitenciaria de la Nación, the fiscalía, the Servicio Penitenciario Federal, firefighters and medical teams coordinated the response and negotiations.
- Prosecutor Marco Juliano Zunino of Unidad de Flagrancia Este opened a criminal investigation that is expected to indict at least 10 detainees on charges including illegal deprivation of liberty and robbery tied to a stolen police cellphone.
- Prisoners complained of severe overcrowding, lack of visits, dining and outdoor space at the alcaidía, a long‑running problem that city officials say the Marcos Paz transfers aim to ease and that could intensify political pressure to speed relocations.