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Driver Jailed After Video Shows Deliberate Car Ram That Fractured Baby’s Skull in Córdoba

A pending forensic evaluation will determine his legal imputability in custody.

Overview

  • Security footage from September 4 on Costanera Norte shows the Amarok reversing into the VW Up twice, a sequence investigators say supports intentional conduct with alevosía.
  • Prosecutor Claudia Palacios formally charged Juan Cruz Peracca, 29, with deliberate injuries with the aggravator, and he is held in Bouwer prison after allegedly violating a no-contact order.
  • Medical records in the case report the 18-month-old passenger sustained a skull fracture and remains under care without neurological compromise.
  • Police released the video, which also shows a family acquaintance extracting the child before officers and an ambulance arrive.
  • A forensic psychiatric assessment to determine Peracca’s legal imputability is pending, while the family’s lawyer urges reclassification to attempted homicide.