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Digital Forensics Fuel Arrests in Lethal Road Crime Investigations

Investigators are relying on digital forensics with GPS tracking to secure rapid arrests, seize firearms, clothing and vehicles to advance homicide and aggravated robbery charges.

Overview

  • Police in Villa Luzuriaga detained 19-year-old Alex Uriel Muñoz after tracing Rita Mabel Suárez’s fatal shooting to CCTV footage and a virtual-wallet supermarket purchase, while two juvenile suspects remain at large.
  • A Bersa .380 pistol, ammunition and clothing matching the attack footage were seized during the arrest of the adult suspect in the Villa Luzuriaga homicide.
  • In La Plata, authorities reclassified 83-year-old Manuel Coria’s death as homicidio culposo, impounded the ESUR garbage truck and placed driver Walter Garay under formal judicial investigation pending autopsy findings.
  • Cuernavaca’s SPAC unit intercepted a stolen tractor-trailer on the Paso Exprés using its GPS, leading to the arrest of an armed assailant within minutes of the hijacking.
  • Spain’s Guardia Civil GIAT detained a 32-year-old suspect in Casar de Cáceres on charges of negligent homicide, hit-and-run and driving under the influence of drugs after a cyclist was killed.