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Rapid Arrests and Weapons Seizures Follow Cluster of Armed and Domestic Violence Across Latin America

Authorities intensified detentions alongside weapons seizures in fast-moving gender and domestic violence investigations.

Overview

  • An Argentine judge ordered preventive detention for José María García after prosecutors detailed the femicide of Analía Colomer in Reconquista and an autopsy confirmed a fatal neck wound.
  • In Mexicali, a 37-year-old who held his mother hostage for nearly four hours surrendered after police negotiators intervened, with a handgun secured and the victim treated for injuries.
  • Two women in Rosario were hospitalized with gunshot wounds in separate attacks under investigation as potential gender violence, with investigators examining possible involvement of expartners.
  • Following a street shooting in Bahía Blanca, police executed four court-ordered searches, arrested two suspects, and seized items of interest as the 25-year-old victim recovered from an arm wound.
  • Police reported additional actions including five firearms-related arrests in Santa Fe, the detention of a 78-year-old in La Plata who fired shots at a neighbor, and the capture in Lima of a 20-year-old accused of fatally stabbing his mother.