Overview
- Acaí’s tracking collar sent a mortality alert after its last GPS movement on October 25 and was later located submerged in the Río Bermejo.
- The National Parks Administration filed a complaint in the Roque Sáenz Peña federal court, bringing federal prosecutors and police into the case.
- Chaco Governor Leandro Zdero pledged the province will join as a private accuser and vowed there will be no impunity.
- Investigative sources report an identified suspect as searches continue without the animal’s body.
- Tracking records from the GPS/VHF device are expected to guide investigators in a crime against a species with top legal protection and a national population of roughly 200.