Overview
- In Mendoza, the killing of Nadia Sosa in Palmira was confirmed as a femicide, raising the province’s 2025 toll to nine; her partner was found dead by apparent suicide at the scene.
- Prosecutors in Salta are probing two fatal Christmas Day shootings in Orán and Tartagal, and reported a child wounded by a stray bullet, with at least one suspect being sought.
- An off-duty City police officer in Quilmes shot and killed two motorcycle robbers who tried to hold him up, and prosecutor Javier Becerra is treating the case as legitimate defense pending further findings.
- In La Plata, a 68-year-old neighbor was detained and charged after the shooting death of Daniel Néstor Rubén Ramírez during a dispute over fireworks, with a Bersa .40 pistol and other weapons seized.
- In Buenos Aires’ Villa Lugano, a man died during a confrontation with police; a federal court took over the case for transparency and an internal review is underway after the family alleged excessive force.