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Ex-Police Chief Vicente Cordeyro Found Dead on Cerro Elefante After Two-Day Search

Prosecutors are applying a violent‑death protocol that presumes homicide until ruled out pending an autopsy to determine cause and timing.

Overview

  • Search teams using drones, canines and telecom data located the body around 9:30 a.m. Saturday after expanding operations to roughly 180 personnel.
  • Security and private cameras, plus a witness, showed Cordeyro parking in San Lorenzo and walking alone toward the trail with a backpack, with no companions detected.
  • The body was secured on the mountainside and transported by helicopter to the judicial morgue, where the autopsy is slated for Sunday.
  • Multidisciplinary CIF units documented the site under provincial Resolution 1284/21, preserving evidence and keeping multiple hypotheses open.
  • Investigators are assessing whether a recent pasture fire about 800 meters from the site is relevant to the case, and they recovered the victim’s phone at the location.