Overview
- Prosecutor Leandro Lucente ordered the closure of the San Lorenzo construction site and requested PDI criminalistics exams of the lift’s mechanics and on-site safety measures.
- Initial observations with firefighters found two loosened cable clamps near the second floor, supporting a mechanical-failure line of inquiry rather than excess load.
- Witness accounts indicate the crew was extending the lift from the 10th to the 11th floor when the free fall began between the 9th and 8th levels.
- Labor officials stressed the device was designed to carry materials, not people, and noted the project had previously been halted for about 40 days over safety violations before being reauthorized.
- Corporate filings show Constructora X3 is a recently formed company with a disputed legal address, and the lift installer, Electroconstructora SRL, shares a principal, Andrea Paola Pieroni, raising questions about responsibility.