Overview

• Police in Mar del Plata ended a three‑hour standoff by breaching a house with explosive‑unit support, rescuing hostages and confirming the deaths of homicide suspect Matías Cornejo and his accomplice Nahuel Niz.
• Federal investigators in the Andis bribery case seized US$80,000 and €2,000 from Diego Spagnuolo’s safety boxes, as his two defense lawyers resigned during coordinated searches in Greater Buenos Aires.
• Five taxi drivers were detained in Rosario after a street assault left a passenger with severe head trauma and in critical condition, according to the initial hospital and police reports.
• Three suspects accused of an armed robbery on Santa Fe’s Puente Colgante were ordered into pretrial detention after investigators tied them to a Ford Ka with a theft report and recovered a bag identified by a victim.
• A Mar del Plata police officer exchanged gunfire with two alleged car thieves; one suspect was wounded, both brothers were detained or hospitalized, and a Glock 17 and surveillance footage were seized as evidence.