Overview

• A handcuffed man escaped from Comisaría 19ª in Sauce Viejo and, according to witnesses, jumped into the Coronda River.
• Prefectura Naval, tactical divers and a provincial police helicopter were deployed to search the riverside area and waterways.
• La Capital reported the fugitive as Alexis Vallejos, 27, and said he drowned, while El Litoral noted there was no official confirmation of his status.
• Police records cited in coverage say the man had multiple prior arrests and had been in custody since August 19 after an arrest by Comisaría 19ª and the Comando Radioeléctrico.
• In separate incidents, police in La Plata stopped a 22-year-old from jumping from a pedestrian bridge with UFI Nº 5 intervening, and in Tafí Viejo a 53-year-old who leaped from a bridge after an eight-hour standoff was rescued by CERO and hospitalized with judicial actions opened.