Overview

• Police located five-year-old Pedro at the Hotel Berlín in Gualeguaychú and detained his father, Pablo Laurta, who authorities say was preparing to head toward Uruguay.
• Prosecutors in Córdoba have imputed Laurta for double homicide aggravated by gender-based violence and firearm use, and he is to be transferred to Bouwer prison.
• Authorities activated the national Alerta Sofía and requested Interpol assistance, enabling a coordinated, multi-jurisdiction search that traced phones, cameras and travel routes.
• Victim Luna Giardina had previously reported domestic violence, left Uruguay with her son, and carried a panic button that was not activated during the attack.
• Officials are probing possible links to a missing driver whose car was found burned and to a nearby church fire that killed two girls, while the child remains under specialist care.