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Fatal Motorcycle Robberies Prompt Swift Arrests and Detentions Across Argentina

Investigations hinge on surveillance footage, seized weapons, rapid court actions.

Overview

  • In José C. Paz, Gustavo Javier Pairó, 54, was shot dead while parking his motorcycle; police detained suspects aged 18 and 13, seized a .22 Bersa pistol and recovered the victim’s bike, with separate prosecutors handling the adult and the minor.
  • In Alderetes, Tucumán, cameras captured the killing of Joaquín Rodrigo Ibarra, 21, who did not resist; two teens aged 16 and 17 were caught in a police dragnet and ordered to remain in a juvenile facility for four months as claims of police mistreatment raised by relatives are noted in the case file.
  • In Rosario’s Tablada area, four youths were placed in preventive detention after an attempted homicide tied to a low‑displacement motorcycle, with video analysis guiding raids that yielded a Honda Wave, phones, clothing and a reconstruction of the escape route.
  • In Mar del Plata, a suspect was arrested after an ‘entradera’ against an elderly couple, identified through a distinctive white Peugeot 208 later found with cloned plates and a seizure request on its chassis, while investigators pursue accomplices and the injured victim remains under care.
  • Elsewhere, a 59‑year‑old worker in Maipú was robbed at gunpoint by four assailants with no arrests reported, and in Córdoba a man was detained after pushing a woman from a balcony during a break‑in with a replica firearm, with the victim hospitalized without life‑threatening injuries.