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Holiday Roads Turn Deadly Across Latin America as Authorities Open Multiple Investigations

Investigations advance with victim identifications, video seizures and detentions of involved drivers.

Overview

  • On Route 188 near Nueva Galia, San Luis, a Jeep carrying a Villa Mercedes family hit a truck, killing Susana Cuello and her daughter Milagros Casañas and injuring three others, with pericial work under way.
  • Four members of a traveling family died in a multi‑vehicle crash on Peru’s Panamericana Norte in Casma, Áncash, with victims identified and the lone survivor hospitalized as the Ministerio Público oversees the case.
  • In Punta del Este, Uruguay, a 44‑year‑old motorcyclist died after colliding with a vehicle driven by a 34‑year‑old Argentine woman, as judges ordered accident pericias and secured security‑camera footage; her breath test was negative.
  • In Tamaulipas, Mexico, two women were killed and at least 35 people were injured when a Futura bus struck a parked trailer on the Zaragoza–Ciudad Victoria highway, and the state Fiscalía’s UGI opened an inquiry.
  • In Guaymallén, Mendoza, a driver who pursued a suspected thief was detained after running him over and dragging him for several blocks; the 19‑year‑old underwent double leg amputation and remains in critical condition.