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Escobar Waterway Shooting Victim Improving After Surgery as Police Hunt Suspected Island Resident

Prosecutors are treating the attack as attempted homicide under Escobar’s UFI No. 5.

Overview

  • Ana Marquis was struck in the lung by a .22-caliber bullet while boating on the Arroyo Correntino on Sunday evening.
  • She was stabilized in Escobar and underwent surgery at Sanatorio Otamendi, with family reporting she is improving and out of danger.
  • Buenos Aires police launched an extensive river operation to locate the unidentified shooter and the place from which the shots were fired.
  • Witnesses, including her husband, say several shots were fired from a section lined with island homes and describe a resident known for threatening passing boats.
  • The husband told media the same person allegedly fired at TV reporters the next day, a claim not confirmed by authorities.