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Army Sergeant Dies After Shooting at Misiones Jungle Warfare School Under Federal Investigation

Prosecutors are directing forensic testing to determine whether the shot was self‑inflicted, accidental or criminal.

Overview

  • Gonzalo “El Tigre” Tuama, 39, from Goya, was found with a head gunshot inside the Escuela Militar de Monte in Puerto Iguazú and died shortly after at Hospital SAMIC.
  • Initial reports say the wound may have been caused by his own FAL service rifle, a detail that has not yet been conclusively established.
  • Federal prosecutor Marcelo Bernachea opened the case and, according to local reporting, assigned Gendarmería to carry out forensic examinations.
  • Investigators are considering suicide, accident and homicide as hypotheses, with the Public Prosecutor’s Office to determine which federal force will lead the case.
  • Coverage draws parallels to the 2003 FAL death of soldier Mauro Ramírez, a case initially ruled a suicide and later reopened in federal court.