Overview
- Prosecutors Alejandro Pellegrinelli and Mariana Baqueiro are leading parallel inquiries, with probes into assaults on staff and police, school damage, and the house fire, while the alleged touching was routed to child-protection channels because the boy is not criminally liable at age 10.
- Teachers’ unions staged a large downtown march and a 24-hour stoppage, pressing for safety guarantees and an interagency working group to enforce existing violence‑prevention protocols.
- The accused child’s family was left homeless by the arson; his mother says she was beaten during the school chaos, the boy denies the touching, and the family reports prior bullying and behavioral issues.
- A mother who filed a complaint for one of the girls says the reported touching was over clothing and rejects the mob violence, while noting the other parent did not file a report.
- Escuela Provincial Nº21 sustained significant vandalism requiring repairs, with costs estimated above 1.5 million pesos; classes citywide resume Thursday, while EP Nº21 is expected to reopen Friday, and investigators have not yet identified suspects.