Overview

• In San Martín de los Andes, three armed intruders held a 34-year-old captive for hours, tortured him, mutilated three fingers, and he escaped by jumping from a first-floor window.
• Police seized a red Volkswagen Vento linked to the Neuquén attack and took three men, a woman, and a minor into custody at Comisaría 43.
• The Neuquén victim was hospitalized in intensive care at Hospital Dr. Ramón Carrillo and was later reported out of danger, with forensic examinations continuing.
• In La Plata, 19-year-old Lautaro Armando Blanco allegedly stabbed his 38-year-old father-in-law, Guillermo Horacio Ezequiel Esnarriaga, while he slept after a household dispute over dinner and video games.
• Esnarriaga underwent surgery for severe intestinal injuries at Hospital San Martín and remains in serious condition, as Blanco stays detained and the victim’s wife calls the case attempted homicide.