Overview

• Provincial and federal police located the brothers Tuesday afternoon in an abandoned Pilar house after more than 30 hours of searching
• Fiscal Gonzalo Acosta led the multiagency probe that matched security camera footage to the teens’ movements toward the Panamericana highway
• Investigators determined no foul play was involved and attributed the disappearance to a premeditated escape following a domestic dispute
• Neither Facundo nor Santiago carried personal items such as mobile phones, cash or transit cards, highlighting the value of coordinated community alerts and surveillance systems
• Criminal inquiries were closed when the disappearance was classified as a runaway minors case with the boys placed under family and social services oversight