Overview

• Three minors in Badajoz have been formally charged with the March murder of social educator Belén Cortés and face up to six years in closed juvenile facilities.
• A 19-year-old was arrested in Misiones after authorities discovered Luis Salvador Batista Da Silva’s mutilated body with his eyes removed and have ordered an autopsy.
• An 84-year-old resident of a Cascante nursing home was remanded in custody after police accused him of fatally beating his 67-year-old roommate.
• Courts in Salta sentenced two men to nine and five years for a 2024 homicide while provisionally charging four adults in the December rural robbery-murder near Aguas Blancas.
• Additional arrests include a Chaco suspect held on attempted femicide charges after shooting his ex-partner, a Corrientes man detained following a handwritten murder confession, and a student jailed for a school stabbing in Chubut.