Overview
- Lima Noroeste prosecutors secured 36 months of preventive detention for Martina Hernández after a court revoked her house arrest in the probe of the ‘Los Injertos del Cono Norte’ network.
- In Frías, homicide suspect Raúl Pallares declined to testify as prosecutors cited asphyxia and strangulation as Emilse Barrera’s cause of death and linked him through her phone found hidden at his home.
- Tucumán’s Complex Crimes unit charged three officers, including ex-Regional North chief Gustavo Javier Beltrán, for using detainees as construction labor at his property, with preventive detention requested and a hearing pending.
- Buenos Aires police arrested 19-year-old Santino Ezequiel Piedrabuena in La Plata as a suspected shooter in the killing of Hugo Agustín González, while a second suspect remains under investigation.
- Internal Affairs in Spain detained a son of inspector Faustino Nogales over alleged information leaks in the ‘Enroque Bal/Manso’ anti-drug case, which remains under judicial secrecy after a habeas corpus request.