The police operation that allowed them to find Lourdes Fernandezmember of the group Bandanain an apparent state of vulnerability, and the arrest of her ex-boyfriend, Leandro García Gómez, was a source of relief for Virginia Da Cunhaalso a member of the band.
Through his Instagram account, he spoke for the first time about the case where he explained the reasons why the band’s entourage chose to maintain public silence until the judicial intervention was underway. “I did not go up or respond to anything regarding Lourdes until now because we knew without knowing it that she was with him and could be even more harmed.. We were on the matter all day yesterday and today. Thank God, Justice arrived on time. we love you“said the member of the group in her message broadcast on the social network.
After a major police operation by the City Police in the Palermo neighborhood, it culminated in the discovery of Lourdes Fernandezrecognized member of the group Bandanaat her ex-boyfriend’s home Leandro García Gómezafter a search that lasted more than twelve hours. The deployment occurred after the man was arrested following a complaint of gender violence.
Medical intervention was immediately activated when the singer was found in a condition considered to be unsafe. vulnerability. He Emergency Medical Care System (SAME) was in charge of transporting the singer by ambulance to the Fernandez Hospitalas recorded in images captured by the TN channel: The artist’s red hair and one of her hands were seen there.
From outside the place, the chronicler Juliet Vismara of the news signal explained: “His condition is not the best”emphasizing the need for medical care. However, the journalist specified that “he got into the ambulance by himself walking”which indicates that the artist, although affected, retained mobility at the time of being referred to the health center.
The investigation into the whereabouts of Lourdes Fernández, or Lowrdez as she began to be called after the dissolution of Bandana, experienced a significant evolution this Thursday night, when a commission from the City Police entered a building on 2100 Ravignani Street, in the Palermo neighborhood, under a court order, in search of the artist. According to police sources, InfobaeAlthough his partner, Leandro Esteban García Gómez (47), was not in the apartment when he entered, minutes later the agents managed to arrest him inside the same building.
At the scene, in addition to the police personnel, representatives of the judiciary, members of the Scientific Division and members of the SAME. A striking element of the sequence was that hours before, Fernández herself had made a video call with the security area. People Searchesreporting that he was fine, but stating that he preferred not to reveal his location, according to sources told Infobae.
The alert about Fernández’s disappearance arose after her mother reported on October 4 that she had no news of her, a fact that was especially worrying given the singer’s previous complaints for gender violence against García Gómez. The history of the relationship included, according to the same source, a police intervention on October 1, as a result of a neighborhood complaint after a strong fight in the apartment shared by the couple. Then, both admitted to a verbal argument and the artist was observed in apparent good condition. Given the background, the Buenos Aires North Flagrancy Fiscal Unit He ordered the temporary departure of García Gómez from the home, a directive that was followed at the time without any problems.
The current turn of the case occurred when the National Criminal and Correctional Court No. 47 authorized the search of the apartmentan action executed by the Community Investigations Division 14. In this way, the authorities were able to fully access the interior, finding Fernández in the property. At that moment, García Gómez was absent, which is why an arrest warrant was issued against her, which led to her arrest around 10:00 p.m., with the suspicion that the artist had been deprived of her freedom.
The scene included the mobilization of an ambulance in the building’s garage, with the aim of transporting the singer under protocols that would protect her identity, according to sources in the case. After 10:30 p.m., the operation was carried out without incident. Mobiles America TV confirmed that only Fernández’s feet could be observed when she was entered into the medical vehicle, and that she had walking difficultieswhich is why he would have required assistance from emergency personnel.
