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Prime Suspect in La Matanza App Driver Killing Dies by Suicide as Police Close In

Prosecutors shifted from a robbery theory to examining a possible relationship and ordered forensic analysis of both phones.

Overview

  • In González Catán, 24-year-old app driver Candela Santa María was found shot in her car; the identified suspect, 20-year-old Rodrigo López, killed himself in Virrey del Pino when officers surrounded a home, and federal forensics were assigned by fiscal Diego Rulli.
  • Investigators discarded the theft hypothesis and are probing a personal link between victim and suspect with phone extractions pending, as relatives and neighbors staged protests criticizing the initial police response.
  • In Tenerife, Spain, the Guardia Civil detained a 19-year-old as one of two alleged perpetrators of a violent attempted robbery in Guargacho, with the inquiry active to locate the second suspect.
  • In Mar del Plata, a 46-year-old allegedly fired multiple shots at a neighbor’s house after a noise dispute; ten 9 mm casings were found, an urgent raid was executed, and the accused was notified of charges but not detained.
  • Separate operations included arrests of suspected ‘entradera’ burglars in Burzaco with phones, jewelry and a Ford Fiesta seized, a Santa Fe toll stop that netted over 5 million pesos, a .22 revolver and a knife from two detainees, and a Mexicali detention linked to a recent shooting.