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Rosario Raids Rescue Children Used in Drug Sales as January Violence Triggers Arrests

Prosecutors say microtrafficking probes link recent turf violence to concrete law-enforcement results.

Overview

  • Regional prosecutors reported three minors—two 7‑year‑old twins and a 10‑year‑old boy—were found selling drugs during raids in Rosario and Villa Gobernador Gálvez and were transferred to the provincial child welfare agency.
  • The operations led to 12 arrests, the seizure of 12 firearms and about one kilogram of cocaine, with cases tied to recent violent disputes over local drug sales points.
  • In Mar del Plata’s Nuevo Golf, a 16‑year‑old was killed by a shot to the head during a large shootout; police detained a suspect and recovered a Fiat Palio that overturned and was riddled with bullets.
  • West of Rosario, a 47‑year‑old woman was fatally shot in the street; officers arrested a 19‑year‑old and seized a 9 mm pistol and a high‑displacement motorcycle as investigators process the scene.
  • In Greater Buenos Aires, police detained suspects in the armed robbery of journalist Nicolás Wiñazki using geolocation of a stolen laptop, while separate killings in Huaura, Peru, and Culiacán, Mexico, remain under investigation.