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Deadly January Violence in Argentina and Peru Spurs Arrests and a Preventive Detention Ruling

Authorities report swift detentions in several cases, with an appellate ruling confirming a preventive detention order.

Overview

  • In Mar del Plata’s Nuevo Golf, a 16-year-old was killed by a gunshot to the head during a large-scale shootout; police detained a wounded suspect after a Fiat Palio overturned under heavy fire.
  • Rosario police arrested a 19-year-old after a 47-year-old woman was shot dead in the street, seizing a 9mm pistol and a high-displacement Benelli motorcycle linked to the attack.
  • A man was arrested in La Matanza on charges of aggravated double homicide after his partner, 27, and their 11-month-old son were found fatally stabbed in a González Catán home.
  • On Ruta Nacional 34 near Pozo Hondo, highway robbers assaulted a truck driver, stole 1.6 million pesos, and exchanged gunfire with police before escaping; investigators are reviewing security footage.
  • In Pigüé, the Penal Chamber upheld the preventive detention of Carlos Alfredo Wasinger in the stabbing death of Raúl Oscar Barragán, rejecting the defense’s self-defense claim.