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Córdoba Court Orders Preventive Detention for Pablo Laurta in Double Femicide Case

The order rests on aggravated homicide charges, assessed risk factors, ongoing evidence work.

Overview

  • Prosecutor Gerardo Reyes of Córdoba’s Gender and Family Instruction Office issued the measure that keeps Laurta in custody during the investigation.
  • Laurta is charged with aggravated homicide of Luna Giardina by bond, treachery and gender-based violence, aggravated homicide of Mariel Zamudio by treachery and gender-based violence, plus unlawful entry.
  • He remains held at the Cruz del Eje prison as investigators collect new testimony and forensic material that officials say supports a premeditated attack.
  • In a separate Entre Ríos case, he also faces a 120‑day preventive detention over the death of driver Matías Sebastián Palacio, with recently found human remains undergoing identification.
  • Police from Córdoba and Entre Ríos detained Laurta in a Gualeguaychú hotel and rescued his five‑year‑old son, who is in protective care and reported in good health.