Overview
- Pablo Laurta was formally charged in Concordia for the killing of driver Martín Sebastián Palacio under the aggravated charge of homicide criminis causa.
- Judge Gabriela Seró granted prosecutors’ request for 120 days of preventive detention, and authorities are coordinating Laurta’s transfer to Córdoba for a separate double femicide case.
- Investigators cite terminal-camera footage showing Laurta and Palacio departing Concordia together and cell-tower data indicating Palacio’s phone shut off near General Campos.
- Palacio’s dismembered body was found in Entre Ríos near Puerto Yeruá, and prosecutors say the killing was to secure the later trip linked to the alleged double femicide.
- Laurta declined to testify but made public remarks including “I went to rescue my son” and “everything was for justice,” while his defense said it will review the evidence and did not oppose the detention order.