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Body of Missing Zárate Man Found Near Route 9 as Four Detained

Investigators now treat the case as a robbery-driven abduction, with autopsy results and charging decisions still pending.

Overview

  • The body was located on Sunday near kilometer 121 of Route 9, in the Baradero area, after four days of searches.
  • Authorities have detained four suspects, including a Bonaerense police officer and a municipal COZ operative previously linked to the security forces.
  • The probe was reclassified from a missing-person inquiry to unlawful deprivation of liberty with a robbery motive, and no ransom demand was ever made.
  • Security-camera footage identified two vehicles—a white Volkswagen Gol and a Ford Focus—that were seized for forensic examination by the DDI Zárate‑Campana.
  • One detainee reportedly supplied information that led to the discovery site, and the investigation remains under judicial secrecy pending the autopsy.