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Autopsy Confirms Daiana Mendieta Was Killed by Gunshot After Body Found in Rural Well in Entre Ríos

Prosecutors await phone and vehicle analyses to define charges after a 55-year-old local was detained in the case.

Overview

  • Search teams found the 22-year-old’s body concealed about 10 meters down in an aljibe off the Los Zorrinos rural track near Route 12, according to authorities.
  • Preliminary autopsy results, reported by prosecutor Emilce Reynoso, attribute the death to a firearm wound.
  • Her Chevrolet Corsa Classic had been discovered earlier abandoned with the keys on a nearby rural road, which narrowed the search sector.
  • Gustavo “Pino” Brondino, 55, was detained after resisting an operation at a rented shed where officers seized cellphones, firearms and a Toyota Hilux under a judge’s order.
  • Forensic examinations of the seized devices and vehicle are in progress and will guide potential criminal imputations as parts of the probe remain under secrecy.