Overview
- The Mercedes prosecutor’s office formally charged Federal Police official Gastón Maximiliano Montepeloso with aggravated negligent homicide after the Jan. 3 head‑on on Autovía 6 that killed Vanesa Escalante, with his blood alcohol test registering 0.48 g/L under Buenos Aires province’s zero‑tolerance law.
- Peritos are examining newly incorporated footage that shows a lane crossing before the impact; investigators assess reports of an illegal street race involving an Audi, a version disputed by the defense.
- Judge Luis Marcelo Giacoia released Montepeloso under conditions including a fixed address, license retention, and no contact with survivors, as the Security Ministry placed him on availability pending the probe.
- In Buenos Aires City, a motorcyclist who fled a police control in San Telmo collided with a taxi that then mounted the sidewalk, killing a pedestrian; the rider was detained and carried a plate with a seizure order.
- After Nicolás Varas Frías died in Mendoza ten days after being run over and dragged, prosecutors re‑imputed the detained couple for homicide aggravated by alevosía, with a preventive detention hearing expected.