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Corrientes Authorities Probe Homicide After Student’s Body Found in Paraná River

Investigators are racing to reconstruct the final hours of 24-year-old Alex Leonel Sander after forensic reports revealed signs of severe violence.

El cuerpo del joven de 24 años fue encontrado en el río Paraná (X).
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Overview

  • Alex Leonel Sander was last recorded leaving his Corrientes apartment at 1:07 AM on July 20 without his luggage, triggering a missing-person alert when he failed to arrive in Chaco.
  • Prefectura Naval Argentina recovered his body in the Paraná River near Barrio Manuel Derqui on July 22, and family members formally identified it at the Judicial Morgue.
  • Early forensic examinations exposed the absence of Sander’s right eyeball and blood traces around his nose and mouth, prompting suspicion of violent assault.
  • Security camera footage and testimonies confirmed that Sander never boarded the bus to Chaco and that his travel bag remained in his apartment.
  • The Justicia de Corrientes is consolidating forensic and witness evidence under tight deadlines and is keeping all theories, including homicide, under active scrutiny.