Overview

• Javier Ortiz, 53, died at Hospital Iturraspe after three days of treatment for severe abdominal trauma and internal hemorrhage, according to medical reports.
• The San Francisco case is being led by fiscal Pedro Ignacio Machado with support from Santa Fe’s Policía de Investigaciones, and the alleged attacker’s identity has not been disclosed.
• Case sources reported that a wooden stick was used to strike Ortiz multiple times, mostly to the abdomen, a detail now under review by investigators.
• In Los Cóndores, bar owner Elvio “Perico” Pérez, 65, was fatally beaten outside his business, with witnesses describing the aggressor as out of control and possibly under the effects of alcohol or drugs.
• Police detained his nephew, Nicolás Pérez, 35, at 11:30 a.m. Friday in a rural area about three kilometers from town after a search directed by fiscal Alejandro Carballo, and he was taken for medical evaluation as homicide charges are prepared.