Overview

• Prosecutor Gustavo Pirrello approved house arrest for officer José Funes, who will await trial at his partner’s home after the residence was deemed suitable.
• Funes is charged with aggravated homicide as a police official and for using a firearm in the shooting of 37-year-old Federico García Gioia, who later died at Hospital Central.
• Investigators say Funes fired eight times at a gray Chevrolet Prisma during the Oct. 5 confrontation in Luján de Cuyo, with one shot striking the driver in the head.
• The defense says Funes identified the car linked to a prior theft of his service weapon, ordered the occupants to stop, suffered a leg injury, and fired when the driver allegedly tried to run him over.
• Reports from the defense cite a raid that recovered the officer’s stolen belongings and signal jammers, and the legal teams continue to dispute whether the case should be reclassified as excess of legitimate defense.