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Mar del Plata Reports 3 Homicides and 340 Shots in 72 Hours as Investigations Advance

A local prosecutor links the surge to drug retail turf disputes in peripheral neighborhoods.

Overview

  • Prosecutor Florencia Salas said her 72-hour duty period saw three homicides, three rape reports, and an attack that left 197 shell casings at a single scene, totaling at least 340 shots fired.
  • Police detained a suspect in the shooting of delivery worker Johana Stanley and recovered the stolen motorcycle in Batán, as forensic work continues on seized weapons and a recovered fatal projectile.
  • Investigators identified suspects with capture orders in the killing of 24-year-old Yoel Castro, and a couple was detained in the stabbing death of 63-year-old Héctor Etcheverry.
  • A 16-year-old was killed by a gunshot to the head during a confrontation in Nuevo Golf where a Fiat Palio was found overturned and riddled with nearly 40 bullet holes.
  • Despite reinforced provincial and federal patrols focused on seasonally crowded areas, residents and delivery workers have protested ongoing violence in outlying neighborhoods.