Overview

• An 80-year-old in La Plata was duped by a man and a woman posing as family acquaintances who entered her home and stole a large sum in dollars and pesos on Thursday afternoon.
• Security-camera videos from a neighbor show the victim arriving with the pair, entering her house, and the two suspects later leaving alone, evidence now under review by the Departamento Judicial La Plata.
• Police in Florencio Varela seized a gray Peugeot 2008 under a judicial order after linking it to a December ‘cuento del tío’ theft in Hilario Ascasubi that took about US$2,000 from a 73-year-old.
• The December case was traced through municipal monitoring cameras, and the driver found with the vehicle this week was identified and released as investigators work to identify the perpetrators.
• Local reporting describes a variant dubbed “El Versito,” in which well-dressed impostors elicit details about hidden household cash, prompting authorities to urge older residents to verify identities by phone and call 911 if approached.