Story By: Jonathan Macias, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Central European News

Video Credit: CEN

This is the moment several cops repeatedly slap around a cuffed prisoner in the police station leading to the reported suspension of three of them.

The incident was filmed in the city of Mar del Plata in the eastern Argentine province of Buenos Aires, and the footage was widely shared on social media.

According to local media, the clip shows the department head Christian Marcozzi with officers Alan Braian Harkan and Walter Almaraz.

Marcozzi has reportedly been the department head since November 2018.

In the video, two cops are seen repeatedly slapping the suspect’s face before hitting him with a pair of rubber gloves.

A third officer is standing in the same room, but is only seen looking on in the edited footage.

At one point, an officer makes the suspect stand up before saying: “I think his balls are frozen.”

Then another cop comments: “Why don’t you go back to your country to commit crime?”

According to local media, the three officers have been suspended pending a full investigation.

Reports said that the arrested man in the video is a Colombian national who was found in a hotel room with 20 stolen phones.

The police discovered the suspect because one of the phones had its GPS activated, according to local media.

The investigations are ongoing.

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