Overview
- In Buenos Aires, a motorcyclist fleeing a police check struck a taxi that then mounted the sidewalk, killing a pedestrian near Cristina Kirchner’s residence; the rider was detained and carried a license plate with a seizure request.
- Prosecutors added a crash video to the case against Rafaelan Federal Police chief Maximiliano Gastón Montepeloso, who tested 0.48 g/l for alcohol, faces aggravated culpable homicide charges, remains free under conditions, and was placed on availability by security authorities.
- In Mendoza, 19-year-old Nicolás Varas Frías died after being run over and dragged about three blocks, and prosecutors reclassified the case to homicide aggravated by alevosía for the detained couple Lucas Tello Sánchez and Micaela Lucero.
- Mexico City authorities recovered the car that ran over motorcyclist Roberto Hernández in Iztapalapa and classified the case as culpable homicide; the suspected female driver remains at large as cameras are analyzed and the victim’s family demands justice.
- Mendoza issued provincial and national capture orders for bus driver Lautaro Stagnoli in the killing of Cynthia Landi, while three police officers are detained and imputated as co-authors in the homicide.