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Argentina Weekend Violence: Stepfather Held in Teen’s Stabbing, Gang Clash Kills One as Raids Intensify

Rapid police actions across several cities trigger parallel probes into homicides, firearms offenses, raids, a custodial death.

Overview

  • In Maquinista Savio, 16-year-old Juan Cruz was fatally stabbed and his stepfather, Iván Castañeira, was detained and hospitalized after neighbors tried to attack him; three women were arrested during the unrest and the case is led by Escobar prosecutor Mabel Amoretti.
  • A confrontation between rival groups in Máximo Paz left 29-year-old Marcelo Raful dead, two suspects detained—including Isaac Peralta—and at least two patrol cars burned, with police seizing two Bersa pistols as UFIJ No. 1 advances the investigation.
  • In Santa Fe city, officers made multiple arrests and seized revolvers and a shotgun in separate incidents tied to gender violence, public shootings and threats, while a 35-year-old detainee, Mauro Daniel González, died in Seccional Octava under a death inquiry with PDI, Internal Affairs and autopsy protocols activated.
  • In Bahía Blanca, four court-ordered raids over a street shooting that wounded a 25-year-old resulted in the arrests of Ramiro Obreque and Claudio Herce, and a separate plaza attack left 35-year-old Maximiliano Giménez in critical condition with the assailant being sought.
  • In La Plata, a 43-year-old was detained after firing at a neighbor and faces an abuso de arma case, and in Melchor Romero a 78-year-old was held with a .38 revolver after alleged harassment of a minor and gunfire outside his home.