Overview
- Madrid authorities say a likely gas leak destroyed part of a Carabanchel building, killed an 84-year-old woman and forced the evacuation of 32 families as structural assessments and safety inspections continue.
- Judge Hugo Decaria processed Buenos Aires City officer Darian Gastón Miño with preventive detention and an embargo for aggravated homicide after the Christmas Day killing of Juan Gabriel González with anti-riot ammunition.
- Peru’s Maranguita juvenile center saw a mattress fire during a disturbance; Pronacej reported no injuries, while police cited two hurt and families alleged smoke inhalation and mistreatment, with CCTV reviews under way.
- In Tucumán, the body found in a Manantial Sur dump was identified as 25-year-old Erika Antonella Álvarez, and homicide prosecutors with forensic teams are collecting evidence pending autopsy results.
- In Lima, gunmen critically wounded two Venezuelan men near Barranco’s Estación Balta and a separate attack on a Surco combi left one passenger dead, the driver gravely injured and a pregnant teen who was shot lost her baby.