Overview
- The victim was identified as Leandro Díaz, 2, who lived near the Canal de la Patria in the Moreno department of Santiago del Estero.
- His mother reported losing sight of him for about fifteen minutes before he was found in the canal close to the family home.
- Neighbors and responders recovered the child and rushed him to Hospital Zonal de Tintina, where director Carla Gerez confirmed he arrived without vital signs and could not be resuscitated.
- Police from Comisaría Comunitaria Nº 40, Departamental Moreno, and Criminalística conducted on-site pericias as the fiscalía ordered diligences to establish what happened.
- A report that the boy may have been playing with a minor uncle at the time remains preliminary and is being examined by authorities.