A young man was arrested accused of being one of the two thieves who shot and killed a man who they tried to steal the motorcycle on which he was riding with his partner in the Buenos Aires town of La Reja, Moreno district, last February, they reported. this Monday judicial and police sources. The victim of the incident was Hernán Albano Cochiarella (39), while the detainee is Mauricio Cortez (22), accused of having acted with a minor who remains a fugitive, the spokespersons detailed. The arrest took place after a procedure carried out on 3500 Crucero La Argentina Street, in the Néstor Kirchner neighborhood, in the José C. Paz district, in the northwest of the Buenos Aires suburbs. As detailed by sources to Télam, the young man is accused of the murder of Cochiarella, who was shot to death twice on February 26 while riding a motorcycle with his partner. That day, the man was surprised by two "motorcycle jets" who approached him and shot him to take over his vehicle. After the attack, both Cochiarella and his partner fell from the motorcycle, at which point the criminals took the opportunity to take the vehicle. The victim died instantly after being shot in the mouth and another in the shoulder. An investigator told Télam that Cochiarella's motorcycle, a Honda XR 150, was sold on the black market, information that the police received and was key to identifying the suspects. By order of prosecutor Carina Saucedo, in charge of the Functional Instruction Unit (UFI) 6 of Moreno, police from the Departmental Investigation Delegation (DDI) of that district carried out the investigation. After the field work, the procedures were ordered that allowed the arrest of Cortez, who has a criminal record for robberies and resistance to authority within the judicial department of San Martín. At the time of being arrested, the accused tried to escape with the help of relatives and neighbors who threw stones and sticks at the police, but he was unable to do so.