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Authorities Detain Multiple Suspects After Wave of Gendered Attacks and School Violence

Security footage, witness testimony, and medical certificates prompted prosecutors to upgrade perimeter restrictions into detentions and order forensic exams to strengthen ongoing inquiries.

Overview

  • A 65-year-old man in Río Tercero was arrested after hospital security cameras and witness statements showed him throwing a rock at a trans woman; he was charged with lesions qualified as hate crimes for gender identity.
  • Investigators also detained a 61-year-old in the Buenos Aires suburbs accused of sexually abusing his partner’s nieces and a 48-year-old in Reconquista who allegedly groped a neighbor and repeated the assault after her police report.
  • A 42-year-old in Señora Pujio was arrested for allegedly beating his partner while she held their 10-month-old, with medical exams recording days of curación for both mother and infant and a socio‑environmental report ordered.
  • Prosecutors opened criminal inquiries into multiple school incidents, including threats to a 9-year-old in Villa del Carmen, a bloody beating of a 7-year-old in Las Tijanas, and an accusation that a 12-year-old was struck by a physical‑education teacher.
  • Fiscal offices are expanding forensic steps across cases by ordering pericias, psychiatric and medical exams, referrals to sexual‑abuse and gender units, and protective measures for victims as investigations continue.