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Route 20 Head-On Crash in Entre Ríos Kills Three as Authorities Probe Separate Violent Cases in Argentina and Peru

Authorities have opened formal inquiries across traffic, homicide, extortion cases, with forensic work underway.

Overview

  • A pre-dawn collision between a Fiat Palio and a Volkswagen Suran near Gilbert, Entre Ríos, left three dead and at least four gravely injured, prompting a major rescue and criminalistics operation.
  • Prosecutor Natalia Bartolo identified the fatalities as Jonathan Morh, 19, Andrea Bogado, 32, and Blanca Uran, 79, while two teenagers from the Palio and the Suran’s 39-year-old driver remain hospitalized with severe injuries.
  • Accident investigators are analyzing a straight stretch of Route 20 for factors such as a possible lane invasion or risky overtaking during low-visibility hours to determine responsibility.
  • In Guaymallén, Cynthia Romina Landi Rodríguez, 39, was fatally shot from a passing white vehicle after a dispute involving street parking attendants and bar patrons; the case is led by Office Fiscal No. 1 under Gabriela Nisoria.
  • Other active probes include the killing of Nicolás Fabián Cortez, 26, in south Rosario under fiscal Marisol Fabbro; a home-invasion shooting of a father and son in Santa Fe; a husband under investigation in Tacna after running over his wife; a body with head injuries found in Juliaca; and the fatal shooting of a Lima bus driver with extortion reported by investigators.