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Christmas Killings Across Argentina and Latin America Leave Multiple Dead

Authorities are advancing homicide probes with arrests, weapon seizures and security‑camera reviews to identify attackers.

Overview

  • In La Plata, police detained 68-year-old Juan Carlos Magen after the fatal shooting of neighbor Daniel Néstor Rubén Ramírez, seizing a Bersa .40 pistol, a 20-gauge shotgun and specialized ammunition under charges filed by UFI No. 6 and endorsed by a guarantees judge.
  • Santa Fe’s Homicide Division of the PDI investigates the execution-style killing of 23-year-old Kevin Leonel Duarte in barrio Acería, with fiscal Estanislao Giavedoni directing evidence collection from the scene and nearby cameras as the assailants remain at large.
  • In Orán, Salta, 19-year-old Brian Fuentes died from a shotgun blast; the case is classified as homicidio calificado, the suspected shooter has been identified as Elías P., and police are conducting an intensive search alongside forensic work ordered by the GAP-Orán prosecutor’s office.
  • A separate fatal shooting in Tartagal left a 37-year-old man dead inside a home after a reported family confrontation, with provincial police and criminalistics teams processing the scene under prosecutorial direction.
  • Outside Argentina, gunmen on a motorcycle killed event organizer Christian Augusto García Cerasuolo and his bodyguard during a Christmas gathering in La Victoria, Lima, as Depincri leads the case using security footage, while in Parácuaro, Michoacán, a young man and woman were executed and the Guardia Civil and regional prosecutors opened an investigation.