Overview

• Authorities say with 99% certainty that the dismembered remains found near Arroyo Yeruá likely belong to missing driver Martín Sebastián Palacios, pending DNA and tattoo confirmation.
• Police arrested Pablo Rodríguez Laurta in a Gualeguaychú hotel and seized a Bersa .380 pistol, multiple phones, cash and, crucially, the missing driver's wallet from his room.
• Investigators outline a premeditated plan that included renting a cabin in Salto, training for ten days to cross the Uruguay River by kayak, entering Argentina clandestinely and intending to return the same way with his son.
• Prosecutors in Córdoba pursue charges for the double femicide and child abduction, while Entre Ríos advances a parallel case into Palacios’ suspected killing under a criminis causa hypothesis.
• The child, who turned six on Tuesday, remains with an emergency foster family as courts evaluate long‑term guardianship, with a maternal aunt and the paternal grandmother under consideration.