Overview
- A Guarantees Court ordered the arrest of Maximiliano Eduardo Roth after a request by prosecutor Claudia Lorenzo of UFIJ No. 15.
- Roth is accused of aggravated attempted homicide and the case was reassigned to UFIJ No. 5, the unit specialized in homicides.
- An 11‑month‑old victim treated at Hospital Penna moved from intensive to intermediate care and was reported out of danger.
- The child’s mother, 19, told police she and her children were held for three days; she and both minors were hospitalized for injuries.
- Roth has a 2022 conviction for assaulting a child and was on a supervised release granted by Judge Onildo Stemphelet that was later revoked on appeal but not final; he declined to testify, and Clarín reports Stemphelet has submitted his resignation effective January 1, 2026, pending approval.