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Child Found Safe, Suspect Detained After Córdoba Double Femicide

Prosecutors plan aggravated double‑homicide charges for the Uruguayan father, with inquiries widening to a missing driver and a deadly church fire.

Overview

  • Police located 5-year-old Pedro Rodríguez Laurta unharmed in Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos, a day after his mother and grandmother were shot dead in Córdoba.
  • Pablo Laurta was arrested at the Hotel Berlín while arranging transport toward the Uruguay border after nationwide Alerta Sofía and Interpol notices were issued.
  • The case is led by prosecutor Gerardo Reyes and has been classified as a double homicide aggravated by gender-based violence and family relationship.
  • Authorities said Laurta will be transferred to Córdoba’s Bouwer prison as investigators collect communications, video and witness evidence.
  • Investigators are probing possible links to the disappearance of rideshare driver Martín Palacios and a nearby church fire that killed two children, and they are reviewing prior domestic-violence complaints and the victim’s unused panic button.