Argentine Police Trainers Arrested After Cadet Dies

Fakhir Rizvi Published February 13, 2018 | 02:10 AM

Buenos Aires, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Feb, 2018 ) :An Argentine police cadet died and 14 others were taken to hospital after a training exercise in which recruits were subjected to mistreatment in extreme heat, officials and family members said Monday.

Authorities in the northeastern province of La Rioja have opened a criminal investigation and suspended several local police officials. Eight have been placed under arrest. Nineteen-year-old Emmanuel Garay died on Saturday from organ failure.

He was being treated for extreme dehydration after collapsing on the first day of training.

Juan Luna, a member of La Rioja's provincial government, said temperatures had reached 40 degrees Celsius.

"What happened is really serious. We are very concerned. It should not have happened," he told Argentina's La Patriada radio, adding that cadets had been refused water during the exercise. Luna said that 15 cadets were hospitalized in the first three days of training.

Argentina's Security Minister Patricia Bullrich said on Twitter that "we must all redouble our efforts so that these practices are not repeated."