Five foreign criminals were arrested early Monday morning after being involved in a shootout in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Constitución, attempting to escape in two different cars and ending up crashing during a police chase on the 9 de Julio Sur highway. The victim of the attack, a woman who was in front of a bar, was shot and was taken to the hospital.
The violent incident took place at the intersection of Constitución and Salta streets. According to witnesses, the strikers, who were traveling in a Volkswagen Vento, began to shoot at the front of the establishment, hitting the woman who was at the entrance. The victim, wounded, ran desperately seeking shelter, while at least eleven shots were heard.
After the shootout, the strikers abandoned the first car and fled in a second vehicle, a Volkswagen Bora without a license plate, heading toward the Pueyrredón Bridge. During the escape, they were spotted by police vehicles that initiated a high-speed chase.
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The chase ended minutes later when the Bora collided with a Peugeot Partner van on the highway. The strong impact caused the criminals' car to destabilize and crash into the guardrail at the height of Suárez Avenue, in the Barracas area. Despite the accident, the foreigners attempted to continue fleeing for about 200 more meters until the vehicle finally stopped.
