Overview
- Nadia Beller was shot multiple times outside a hotel in Santa Cruz and remains hospitalized in guarded condition after emergency surgery.
- Security footage shows two men dressed as delivery workers fired at Beller, and police seized the motorcycle used by the attackers plus a second vehicle for forensic testing.
- Authorities arrested Fernando Cerimedo at Viru Viru airport as he tried to leave for Buenos Aires and prosecutors have formally accused him of tentativa de femicidio.
- Cerimedo declined to testify, the Fiscalía said it will seek preventive detention for flight and obstruction risk, and investigators are probing for other material shooters and possible intellectual authors.
- The case has immediate political implications because Cerimedo is linked to President Rodrigo Paz and previously worked with Javier Milei, and top officials have called for an impartial, public investigation.