Overview
- A 36-year-old woman was rescued from a burning home on Calle Salta in Ciudad de Mendoza and remains in intensive care at Hospital Lagomaggiore with burns to about 20% of her body.
- Initial firefighter forensics point to an intentionally set blaze, and Policía Científica and the investigative unit continue processing the scene.
- At the scene, the victim indicated she had been beaten, locked inside, and identified Roberto Baigorria Britos, but she has been unable to give formal testimony due to burns to her tongue.
- Roberto and Sandra Baigorria Britos were detained by Comisaría Cuarta and face imminent imputación for attempted homicide while they remain in custody.
- Authorities say the motive is still unclear, noting the property was a precarious, usurped dwelling described as an aguantadero; police maintain a hospital guard for the victim.