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Argentina Probes String of Violent Crimes as Arrests Follow CCTV and Neighbor Leads

Forensic testing and targeted raids are underway to firm up evidence across the cases.

Overview

  • Police in Villa Rumipal detained a 64-year-old mother after finding her 22-year-old daughter dead under a bed, with an autopsy and psychiatric evaluations ordered by the Río Tercero prosecutor’s office.
  • A 23-year-old suspect in Córdoba was arrested after a neighbor’s photo helped identify him in an apartment robbery and rape of a 75-year-old woman, whose complaint has been formalized.
  • In Villa Elisa, La Plata, a 74-year-old was tied up during a home invasion and a 32-year-old driver was caught after cameras flagged a Volkswagen Bora; she admitted transporting three suspects and new raids were authorized.
  • Córdoba’s Family and Gender Violence unit took into custody a 30-year-old accused of assaulting his partner and fracturing a six-month-old’s arm, while a capture order was issued in San Francisco Solano after a woman reported a stabbing that also injured her toddler.
  • A federal police non-commissioned officer working as a remisero fatally shot a 15-year-old during an attempted robbery in the Buenos Aires suburbs as investigators seek accomplices, and a separate case saw a suspect detained after a 78-year-old died of a heart attack during a $4,000,000 robbery.