Overview

• Security at the El Portal shopping center in Rosario detected suspicious movement in the ground-floor parking and found a man damaging an air-conditioning unit’s piping.
• When approached by security and police, the suspect fled up internal ramps toward the Víctor Mercante access but encountered closed gates.
• Cornered with no exit, he jumped roughly six meters into an internal landscaped area, injuring his left knee.
• SIES personnel stabilized him and transferred him to Hospital Eva Perón in Granadero Baigorria before police took him into custody.
• Comisaría 10ª opened a case for tentativa de robo, and local outlets report no identification of the suspect or additional charges.