Overview

• The 14-year-old has been held at the Centro de Recepción La Plata since early March after the Feb. 26 carjacking that dragged seven-year-old Kim Gómez for 15 blocks, resulting in her fatal injuries.
• On July 16, the Cámara de Casación Bonaerense rejected his cassation appeal, declaring the defense’s challenge to his confinement inadmissible and ordering him to remain detained.
• Judges Manuel Alberto Bouchoux and Daniel Alfredo Carral grounded their decision in Article 64 of Law 13.634 and Article 1 of the national decree, framing the measure as a protective, multidisciplinary response to the case’s extreme gravity.
• The defense had argued that his detention contravened international child-rights treaties, lacked a set duration, and was based on inconclusive evidence—including only shadowy footage and no fingerprints.
• Prosecutor Carmen Ibarra’s request for an oral trial of the 17-year-old co-defendant is awaiting Judge Lescano’s ruling, and if approved, he will face formal debate on robbery and homicide charges.