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Argentina Offers ARS 5 Million Reward for Fugitive in 2024 Don Torcuato Homicide

The Security Ministry activated the national rewards program, issuing a nationwide wanted poster with hotline 134 for anonymous tips.

Overview

  • The measure was formalized by Resolution 1364/2025 in the Official Gazette and took effect upon publication.
  • Sergio Ezequiel Steimbrecher, 22, remains at large under a capture order issued on January 23, 2024, and is identified as one of five alleged participants.
  • Prosecutors charge him with aggravated homicide criminis causa in real concurrence with qualified robbery committed by an organized group.
  • Investigators say the victim, businessman Germán Augusto Sallemi, was lured to a fake dollar sale in Don Torcuato, then beaten, restrained and killed by mechanical asphyxia.
  • The reward is payable only for useful, verifiable information from non-participants that leads to the arrest, with the informant’s identity protected and reports received via 134.