Overview

• Security video shows four municipal officers subduing 34-year-old Octavio Buccafusco on the sidewalk at Güemes and Maipú, throwing him to the ground and applying body pressure.
• Buccafusco had called 911 to report a robbery at his home shortly before the encounter, after which he became immobilized during the restraint and died minutes later.
• His brother, Augusto, accuses the officers of asphyxiation and says they failed to perform CPR, while asking witnesses to come forward.
• Municipal sources deny asphyxiation, say Buccafusco was only handcuffed on the ground for a period, and cite substances found in his home and prior complaints about his behavior.
• The investigation, led by prosecutor Alejandro Guevara and labeled an averiguación de causales de muerte, is awaiting preliminary autopsy and toxicology results; no charges have been announced.