Overview

• Police detained Uruguayan national Pablo Laurta in a Gualeguaychú hotel and recovered his 5-year-old son unharmed.
• Córdoba prosecutors charged him with double homicide aggravated by gender-based violence and by use of a firearm, and he is being moved to the Bouwer prison complex.
• Authorities activated the Alerta Sofía protocol and sought an Interpol notice as coordinated teams traced his route through cellphone triangulation, Dajudeco monitoring and security cameras.
• Forensic examinations determined that Luna Giardina and her mother, Mariel Zamudio, were killed by close-range gunshots, with 9mm casings recovered at the scene.
• Investigators are probing links to the disappearance of driver Martín Sebastián Palacios, whose car was found burned in Córdoba, after new video showed Laurta meeting him in Entre Ríos.