Overview

• Mar del Plata judge Daniel de Marco granted falta de mérito and freed trucker Raúl Lozano García, citing court tests that found cocaine in Dr. Diego Quirós’s blood and indications of high speed.
• The victim’s family filed an appeal disputing chain of custody and the accident analysis, arguing the toxicology could be a false positive and requesting counter-expertise.
• In La Lucila del Mar, driver Marcos Listorti remains detained on homicidio simple con dolo eventual after experts estimated speeds near 100–120 km/h and detected cannabis, with the case nearing trial.
• Lanús officer Maximiliano Gargiulo died after 26 days hospitalized from a head wound; two brothers were processed for encubrimiento and released, and the suspected shooter, E.N.B., is still at large.
• In separate proceedings, a 17-year-old in the Villa Luzuriaga murder told prosecutors “se me escapó el tiro,” the Kunz trial advanced with police testimony and video analysis, and Salta opened the trial of Lidia Cardozo over the 2023 killing of her 11-year-old son.