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Arrests, Charges and Forensic Tests Drive Updates in Córdoba–Buenos Aires Violence Cases

Prosecutors are using autopsies, camera footage and psychiatric testing to advance homicide and robbery investigations.

Overview

  • In Villa Rumipal, Córdoba, police found a 22-year-old woman dead under a bed and detained her 64-year-old mother as the main suspect, with an autopsy and psychological evaluations ordered by the Río Tercero prosecutor’s office.
  • In González Catán, La Matanza, a 20-year-old was arrested after a home invasion in which 4 million pesos were stolen and 78-year-old Susana Antonia Díaz died; the autopsy attributed her death to acute cardiorespiratory arrest linked to fear and stress, and other suspects are being sought.
  • In Neuquén, two men were charged with simple homicide and ordered held in pretrial detention after prosecutors said they beat Tomás Nehuén Villagra to death with a lug wrench following a minor collision, citing security video, witness accounts and the seized tool with bloodstains.
  • In Córdoba city, a 23-year-old was detained for the robbery and sexual assault of a 75-year-old retiree after a neighbor’s photo aided identification, while in Villa Elisa a 74-year-old was bound during a home invasion and a 32-year-old driver who transported the suspects was arrested as accomplices remain at large.
  • In Guernica, Buenos Aires Province, a 35-year-old man accused of raping a 17-year-old was killed by a group of neighbors who fled, and investigators opened a homicide case as they work to identify and apprehend the attackers.