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Salta Security Sweep Yields Scores of Arrests as Teen Is Killed in Orán and Atocha Shooting Suspect Held

Prosecutors push for preventive detention, with seized weapons feeding active cases.

Overview

  • Police reported a 16-year-old was fatally stabbed in San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, and a 15-year-old was detained at the disposal of the Juvenile Court.
  • Investigators carried out 29 simultaneous raids across barrios including Solidaridad, La Paz, Libertad, Villa Primavera, Atocha and Nueva Esperanza, arresting 20 people and detaining 7 more.
  • During the megaoperative, officers detained a suspect believed to have shot a 16-year-old in Atocha; the victim remains under medical care.
  • Separate actions included the seizure of a homemade firearm in Orán and provisional charges against a 21-year-old for attempted robbery, firearm-aggravated injuries and resisting arrest.
  • In a rural probe in Pozuelos, authorities arrested three suspects and seized caprine meat, a 16-gauge shotgun and knives under orders from Judge Silvio Salice and Prosecutor Rafael Zanni.