Overview
- Before dawn Thursday, five masked men broke into a home near Parque Castelli, threatened a 62-year-old woman with a gun, tied her hands, and stole about $3,000 and 600,000 pesos before attempting to enter a neighboring house.
- The assailants fled after a neighbor triggered a community alarm when a 90-year-old next door began shouting, and investigators say the group remains at large with the case still open.
- In El Churrasco, La Plata, a 73-year-old reported being choked until she fainted by an intruder who demanded dollars and took her cellphone and wallet, noting it was the fourth time her phone had been stolen.
- In Tolosa, La Plata, residents returned from a voting trip to find their home ransacked, with electronics, jewelry and about $2,400 missing, entry points forced, a router unplugged, and a duplicate car key taken; police report no identified suspects.
- In Santa Fe’s barrio Transporte, three intruders beat an 81-year-old in her home while demanding money and a phone, with police gathering testimonies and reviewing cameras as the Fiscalía seeks to identify those responsible.