Police report places Facundo Moyano under suspicion for gender violence

Argentine union leader Facundo Moyano is facing a judicial investigation for alleged gender-based violence, including charges of minor injuries and unlawful deprivation of liberty. The case stems from a police report filed by an officer who encountered a young woman, identified as Candela Arizaga, Moyano's girlfriend, running and calling for help on Avenida del Libertador in Buenos Aires.

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I want to say that my relationship with Candela, my girlfriend, was always loving, affectionate, there was never any tension, let alone physical or verbal aggression. And neither on the day of the imputation of the facts was there any impediment for her to leave or enter the apartment.

The officer's report states that Arizaga, 23, claimed she had been beaten and held against her will. The incident reportedly occurred shortly after 5 a.m. the previous Tuesday, after Moyano and Arizaga had been at a department in the ViewPoint tower in the Belgrano neighborhood.

Moyano, who was briefly detained but later released, has vehemently denied the accusations. During his initial hearing, he asserted that his relationship with Arizaga was always loving and affectionate, with no tension or aggression. He also stated that she was not prevented from leaving the apartment on the night in question.

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Candela never said I hit her. It was not appropriate for me to be detained.

In subsequent media appearances, Moyano reiterated his innocence, claiming Arizaga never accused him of hitting her and that his detention was unwarranted. He suggested that Arizaga might have suffered a cardiac arrest and that he performed CPR, with the situation being filmed. However, Arizaga herself has stated to the prosecutor that she was not a victim of gender-based violence, denied having a discussion with Moyano, and could not recall saying she was beaten or deprived of liberty, though she admitted she might have said she was being followed.

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We didn't have any argument or anything like that. We didn't even have sex.

The investigation is being led by prosecutor Florencia Nocerez, specializing in gender violence. Despite Arizaga's statements to the prosecutor, the police report, attributed to Inspector Matías Ríos, details her claims of being beaten and locked up, as accessed by the newspaper LA NACION.

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I may have said that they were following me.