Former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner posted an emotional message bidding farewell to Adrián Cherasco, a 39-year-old militant from Córdoba who was killed by a taxi outside her home at San José 1111 during a support vigil. The accident happened amid a police chase of a motorcycle. Cherasco, nicknamed 'Córdoba', had traveled from his province to accompany her.
Adrián Cherasco, 39 years old and from Córdoba, was a militant who regularly participated in vigils outside Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's home at San José 1111, in the Constitución neighborhood of Buenos Aires. Nicknamed 'Córdoba' by his comrades, he had recently finished high school and traveled from his province to support the former president, head of the Justicialist Party.
On Wednesday around 11 a.m., a fatal accident occurred at the corner of Humberto Primo and San José. Police sources stated that City Police officers spotted a motorcycle without a license plate in San Telmo and ordered it to stop. The driver fled, starting a chase that ended when the motorcycle collided with a taxi on the road.
The impact caused the taxi driver to lose control, mount the sidewalk, and strike two pedestrians. Cherasco died at the scene from severe injuries, despite SAME resuscitation efforts. The other victim was taken to hospital with injuries, and the taxi driver received care for shock. The motorcyclist was arrested; among his belongings, police found a license plate with a seizure warrant, suggesting the vehicle was stolen.
Fernández de Kirchner witnessed the event from her balcony. 'Yesterday morning the screech of brakes, the dry noise of an impact and screams enter through the balconies of San José 1111', she recounted on social media, describing how her custodian Diego Carbone ran to help and called for an ambulance. A day later, she learned the victim's identity: 'Today they told me that the body still forever was that of Adrián Cherasco'.
In her message, she expressed grief and gratitude: 'It pains me a lot to write these lines, it angers me a lot that love and gratitude have such bad luck. Is it a sign of the times we live in? In times of some ingratitudes and convenient forgetfulness, thank you Adrián “Córdoba” for these months of accompaniment and vigil at San José 1111. I am sure that God and the Virgin have you by their side and that you can rest in peace'.
The incident highlights risks on Buenos Aires streets and the dedication of militants to the former president, who is under house arrest.
