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Fugitive ‘Calabaza’ Recaptured After General Paz Chase and Shootout

Digital ring surveillance flagged a stolen car, triggering the pursuit that ended his months-long flight from a 2025 jail break.

Overview

  • Eduardo Miguel Ángel Ajalla Cabrera, alias Calabaza, was arrested in Villa Celina after a pursuit and exchange of gunfire that began on General Paz.
  • Police say Anillo Digital detected a stolen Toyota Etios at a service station near Chilavert, the suspects fled, and the car crashed shortly after.
  • Three suspects were detained, one man died at the scene, and officers recovered a 9mm handgun from the vehicle.
  • The case is now under prosecutor Adrián Arribas of La Matanza’s homicide unit, with coordination between city and provincial police.
  • Ajalla Cabrera had escaped the Alcaidía 6A in February by taxi and is accused in the 2021 killing of financista Carlos Walter Molina, a case that already produced two convictions in 2023.