Overview

• Rocío Maricel Collado, 31, was found dead inside her Fiat Fiorino in San Rafael after a 911 call reported an abandoned vehicle.
• Her partner, Yamil Jesús Yunes, 31, was detained with blood on his clothing and is under police custody at Hospital Schestakow after an acute psychotic episode reportedly linked to drug use.
• The Cuerpo Médico Forense reported asphyxia as the cause of death, tempering early versions that spoke of fatal stab wounds or a decapitation.
• Gender‑violence prosecutor Iván Ábalos mobilized the Policía de Investigaciones and Policía Científica and is awaiting Yunes’s medical discharge to seek formal imputación.
• Ni Una Menos led a midday march demanding justice, schools where Collado taught suspended morning classes, and the case is being counted as the seventh suspected femicide in Mendoza in 2025.