Overview

• A Mar del Plata court sentenced 22-year-old Tomás Lucas Sanche to 18 years in prison for the November 2023 shooting death of his aunt and the attempted killing of his father.
• Forensic teams in Ciudadela are awaiting toxicology and autopsy reports in the suspected “viudas negras” case in which Williams Jonathan Quispe Quenta died and three female suspects remain at large.
• Spanish prosecutors have classified the beating of a 68-year-old Torre Pacheco resident as a potential hate crime and two people have been detained for helping the prime suspect escape.
• The Guardia Civil is leading an investigation into a fatal stabbing in Dalías, Almería, arising from a rent dispute, with the attacker identified but not yet arrested.
• Judicial authorities in Rosario and Salta have placed suspects in separate knife attacks into pretrial custody as part of intensified efforts to curb violent street crime.