Overview
- Argentina: The national Forensic Medical Corps is carrying out a new interdisciplinary assessment of musician Cristian Gabriel “Pity” Álvarez to determine whether he is mentally fit to continue facing trial for a 2018 homicide, and prosecutors have asked judges to include three recent media interviews in the expert file.
- Peru: Authorities in Bagua have detained the partner of 23‑year‑old nurse Sharol Cortéz and ordered toxicology and forensic tests under a presumptive feminicide probe, while the Supreme Court has approved seeking an expanded extradition from Paraguay for alleged crime boss Erick Moreno Hernández to face 26 charges.
- Spain: A 42‑year‑old man who allegedly ran down five cyclists while on prison leave has been arrested and placed in pretrial custody in Murcia on multiple charges including attempted homicide, and a separate inquiry in Hondarribia is probing the shooting death of Babacar Welle by a municipal officer.
- Mexico: Federal Operation Enjambre has produced arrests and institutional removals in Oaxaca, including the detention and imprisonment of Miguel Sánchez Altamirano, known as “El Quetu,” on alleged aggravated extortion charges while local police forces remain under scrutiny.
- Across cases: Divergent forensic reports, contested hospital transfers and urgent judicial orders are delaying or shaping prosecutions because courts increasingly rely on neutral, interdisciplinary expert panels to resolve competency, causation and custody questions.