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Peru Landslide Sinking and Buenos Aires Accidents Prompt Rescues and Criminal Inquiries

Investigators are concentrating on expanded search operations and forensic reviews to establish causes, casualties and responsibility.

Overview

  • Ucayali authorities report 12 dead, about 30 missing and 6 injured after a riverbank collapse struck the Rápido Oriente and Deo Rigo boats at Iparia.
  • Search teams, including Police Rescue units and helicopter support, continue operations as the lack of formal passenger lists hampers a precise tally of victims.
  • Mar del Plata prosecutors charged two architects with culpable homicide after a worker fell down an elevator shaft; the autopsy and site peritajes are key to determining safety failures.
  • A 20-year-old pedestrian died in Villa Devoto when a wooden beam from an andamio fell from a construction site; the architect in charge, Claudio Sergio Mónaco, 79, was imputado for culpable homicide as inspectors probe compliance.
  • A Robinson R44 from Hangar Uno/Hangar Servicios crashed onto tennis courts in Palermo, leaving the pilot and two passengers hospitalized at Hospital Fernández while investigators examine a possible mechanical cause.