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Buenos Aires Student, 18, Dies After Balcony Fall as Boyfriend Is Detained

Investigators sealed the San Telmo apartment as a potential crime scene following an arrest ordered by Judge Manuel de Campos.

Overview

  • The fall occurred just after midnight Sunday from the balcony of Department No. 2 on the second floor of a building on Defensa 300 in San Telmo.
  • Matilda López Sanzetenea was taken to Hospital Argerich with severe head injuries, underwent emergency surgery, and later died.
  • Judge Manuel de Campos of Criminal and Correctional Court No. 5, through Secretariat 116 led by Tamara Martínez, ordered the 18-year-old boyfriend’s detention and the sealing of the unit.
  • Police observed scratch-like injuries on the detainee’s back at the scene, according to the initial report.
  • Her family urges the case be investigated as a femicide, citing a controlling relationship, as authorities collect forensic evidence and witness statements.