Overview

• The detained suspect is a 41-year-old former Buenos Aires provincial police officer charged with systematic cruelty after activists uncovered a clandestine cemetery of over a dozen dead and dying animals.
• Fiscalía N°6, led by Fiscal Juan Menucci, has assumed the investigation and is meticulously collecting testimony and forensic evidence under animal cruelty Law 14.346.
• Veterinary teams are treating more than 15 survivors—including dogs, a cat and a duck—who were rescued from the property’s deplorable conditions.
• Activist groups led by rescuer Ezequiel “Kelo” have launched a high-visibility campaign demanding a rapid trial process and harsher penalties for animal abusers.
• Authorities have declared the Los Hornos residence uninhabitable and continue to evaluate further legal measures as the case progresses toward court.