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Two Teens Held Over Killing of 21-Year-Old in Tucumán Robbery Caught on Camera

The 16- and 17-year-old suspects face a four-month juvenile detention order grounded in security-camera evidence.

Overview

  • Joaquín Rodrigo Ibarra, 21, was shot in the head during a robbery despite surrendering and died hours later at Hospital Padilla.
  • Security video shows he dropped a bag and raised his hands while waiting outside a friend’s home in the Julio Abraham neighborhood around 2:30 a.m.
  • Two adolescents, aged 17 and 16, were identified and detained as alleged coauthors of aggravated homicide.
  • The Unidad Fiscal de Homicidios de Feria, led by María del Carmen Reuter, is prosecuting the case using footage and a police reconstruction of the events.
  • A court ordered both suspects held at the Instituto Roca for four months as Ibarra’s family publicly demands justice.