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Video Reconstruction Identifies Prefectura Agent Who Blinded Protester

Judge Servini has scheduled an early-September indagatoria for cabo Héctor Guerrero in the photojournalist’s case in a probe of non-lethal weapon abuses.

Overview

  • The reconstruction shows the agent using a Byrna TCR launcher loaded with rubber and chemical projectiles to fire at Navarro’s face from roughly three meters, contravening Prefectura’s own rules against headshots.
  • An ophthalmological pericia ordered by the Supreme Court confirmed Navarro’s left eyeball exploded on impact and that his vision loss is permanent.
  • Judge Servini’s federal probe remains active after Prefectura Naval Argentina failed to respond to a June 27 court request for operational details of the March 12 protest crackdown.
  • In the related Pablo Grillo case, Servini has summoned cabo Héctor Guerrero for indagatoria on September 2, marking the first formal imputation in that file.
  • Navarro’s legal team is seeking to hold both the material shooter and senior officials—including Security Minister Patricia Bullrich—responsible as mediating authors.