Overview
- On Friday, August 29, a 93‑year‑old woman named Marta Moral was found gravely injured in a neighbor’s backyard in Santa Ana, Misiones, taken to a regional hospital and died later that day of cardiorespiratory arrest.
- On Sunday and Monday reports say a four‑month‑old infant, identified as Emma, was fatally attacked in her sleep by a pitbull in Pablo Nogués and died after being rushed to the Hospital de Trauma y Emergencias Federico Abete.
- Local police in Misiones opened an inquiry to establish how Marta entered the adjoining property and whether the dog’s owner failed in care or supervision, while the infant’s case has been judicialized with prosecutors collecting testimony.
- Neighbors in both places told reporters the animals had shown prior aggressive behavior but authorities say those accounts remain testimonial and investigators have not publicly confirmed formal prior complaints.
- Municipal Zoonosis removed the pitbull for a mandatory observation period ordered by the court and these killings add to a recent pattern of severe domestic dog attacks that could prompt tighter local controls and legal scrutiny of owners.