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Mariano Bonetto Seen at Córdoba Football Match After Psychiatric Discharge

Declared legally insane in 2022, he was filmed in Laborde after leaving psychiatric care, triggering a Supreme Court appeal by the victims’ families over Argentina’s Mental Health Law.

Mariano Bonetto fue condenado a prisión perpetua por matar en 2016 a Natalia Grenbenshicova y Nuria Couto en La Boca
El video del escrache a Mariano Bonetto.

Overview

  • A video recorded by residents in Laborde shows Bonetto attending a local football match in early July 2025.
  • He was transferred from Hospital Borda to a mental health clinic in Córdoba Province in December 2024 and later discharged from psychiatric care.
  • The families of victims Nuria Couto and Natalia Grenbenshikova have appealed to the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation to challenge his release.
  • Ángel Nardiello, the judge who sentenced Bonetto to life in 2018, has labeled Argentina’s Mental Health Law ‘disastrous’ for enabling his freedom.
  • Advocates and legal experts say the 2010 Mental Health Law prohibits indefinite internment and emphasizes treatment over long-term detention for offenders deemed insane.