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Retired Federal Officer Kills Suspected Motochorro in Núñez, Detained Pending Inquiry

Police say the pair was marked after a downtown cash withdrawal, with reports differing on which court now handles the case.

Overview

  • The sequence began after a withdrawal near Reconquista and Corrientes, where the victims were allegedly marked and followed to the Cuba and Iberá area of Núñez.
  • During the attempted robbery, the former Policía Federal agent used his service weapon, killing one assailant as a second suspect fled on a motorcycle.
  • The officer was taken to Comisaría Vecinal 13B and remains in custody pending judicial review, and the fugitive accomplice is being sought.
  • Media accounts differ on jurisdiction, citing either Juzgado Nacional Criminal y Correccional Nº 39 under Santiago Bignone or the court of Judge Marcelo Muffatti.
  • In Santiago del Estero, local reports detail a 71-year-old robbed in La Banda with suspect Samuel Juárez identified and hospitalized under police guard, and a separate knife-point robbery in Barrio Centenario captured on security cameras.