Overview

• Facundo Ángel Plos, 26, fled his family home in Villa Regina after disconnecting from a Zoom hearing in which a judge granted preventive detention.
• Judge Oscar Gatti had ordered Plos be taken to Establecimiento de Ejecución Penal Nº 2 in General Roca to ensure custody.
• Plos was sentenced in December to six years for sexual abuse with carnal access and previously received three years for aggravated culpable homicide in a 2022 crash that killed Félix Retamal.
• Prosecutor Vanesa Cascallares cited a clear flight risk, pointing to his financial means, prior perimeter breaches and missed court check‑ins; the defense sought stricter alternatives to jail.
• The Río Negro police deployed Comisaría Quinta, Investigations, the BMA and canine units, and the Ministerio Público Fiscal issued a rebeldía and capture order as the search continues.