Overview

• In Neuquén, Argentina, a 34-year-old man escaped after being kidnapped, tortured and having three fingers mutilated; police seized a Volkswagen Vento with multiple occupants detained and are probing a likely narcotrafficking score-settling.
• In La Plata’s San Carlos area, a 36-year-old woman was shot in the face with a homemade firearm during a domestic dispute; she is in intensive care but out of danger, the weapon was seized, and the suspected attacker remains at large under an attempted homicide case.
• Also in La Plata, a 19-year-old was arrested on suspicion of stabbing his 38-year-old father-in-law while he slept after a household argument; the victim underwent surgery and remains in serious condition.
• A couple detained in Lisandro Olmos on suspicion of abusing their six-month-old daughter was released after the Hospital de Niños reported no signs of sexual assault, with prosecutors awaiting complementary reports and protective measures for the baby progressing.
• Spanish police reported separate tourist-area arrests: an Italian visitor detained in Málaga over an alleged sexual assault of a 25-year-old Chinese woman, a 59-year-old British woman arrested in Mijas over alleged public touching of a 14-year-old, and a 24-year-old Italian held in Magaluf for groping a 17-year-old and injuring her friend.