Overview
- Córdoba authorities rescued a 21-year-old woman reportedly held by her ex-partner; the suspect, also 21, was detained and imputated for human trafficking under the local Federal Fiscalía.
- In Uruguay, an off‑duty Guardia Republicana officer exchanged fire during an attempted motorcycle robbery, leaving one assailant dead and another wounded; prosecutors took the case, and the surviving suspect was later sentenced to 22 months for robbery.
- In Pilar, Buenos Aires province, a 23-year-old accused of beating his uncle with a baseball bat during a land dispute was arrested and the case was recaratulated to aggravated homicide under UFI Nº 1.
- Forensic work is underway in two high-profile deaths: a man found bound and likely asphyxiated in Mar del Plata awaits autopsy findings, and necropsies in Sapallanga, Peru, will clarify how two girls, 13 and 14, died in separate incidents under police and specialized prosecutorial review.
- The family of femicide victim Natalia Melmann called a 25th‑anniversary march as the Fiscalía informed them that a fifth round of DNA samples would be sent to the La Plata lab for analysis.