Overview
- The incident occurred on December 29 in Los Ardiles, where a 46-year-old woman reported being struck with a rebenque on her arms, back and legs after a dispute over how she prepared mate.
- The victim told police the man threatened to kill her and blocked her from leaving the house before she managed to message her sister for help.
- Medical staff documented injuries with an estimated 15-day recovery, and the woman filed a complaint at the No. 2 Women and Family Police Station.
- Prosecutor Mariano Gómez ordered the suspect’s detention and charged him with qualified injuries and threats, aggravated by the relationship and a gender-violence context.
- Police searched a property in the paraje La Tapera and seized a shotgun, a pistol, ammunition and knives that the victim identified as the suspect’s, as rural searches to find him continue.