Overview

• Police detained a 59-year-old man on Saturday following a search at a home on Copahue Street in the Belgrano neighborhood.
• Investigators seized items inside the residence and a pickup truck that they say could be pivotal to the case, with specifics kept under reserve.
• Authorities have not released the man’s identity, and the prosecution is assessing whether to formally charge him.
• The case is being pursued as a hate-motivated killing; the autopsy reported fatal stab wounds and facial fractures.
• Azul Semeñenko, 49, disappeared on September 25 en route to a hospital, and her body was found on October 15 in a canal in Valentina Norte.