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Violent Crime Wave Prompts New Sentences and Detentions in Argentina and Spain

Recent high-profile convictions have spurred authorities to widen inquiries into femicides, violent scams, hate-motivated assaults

Local police officers and Spanish civil guard agents take positions during the disturbances in Torre Pacheco, eastern Spain, Friday, July 12, 2025. (Martín C./Europa Press via AP)
Un joven murió tras ser atacado por viudas negras en Ciudadela
En Guadalajara, Carla fue asesinada frente a su familia por su expareja armado con fusil. La presidenta Sheinbaum lamentó el crimen y ofreció apoyo del Gabinete de Seguridad para esclarecer el caso. FOTO: Especial
Le cortaron el pelo y la arrastraron por el asfalto.

Overview

  • Tomás Lucas Sanche was sentenced to 18 years in prison for fatally shooting his aunt and wounding his father during a family argument in Mar del Plata
  • Criminal investigators in Buenos Aires province arrested a 33-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman on suspicion of murdering 32-year-old Carlos Romero by stabbing him outside a home in Villa Piazza Norte
  • In Tecuala, Nayarit, a police operation concluded with the death of Héctor “N” after he allegedly killed his partner Marisela “N” and injured one officer in a shootout
  • Prosecutors have classified the death of 19-year-old Williams Jonathan Quispe Quenta in Ciudadela as homicide criminis causa after an autopsy revealed acute pulmonary edema consistent with an alleged “viudas negras” scheme
  • Spanish authorities have detained a 17-year-old suspect in the Moncloa triple stabbing, two individuals for facilitating a hate-motivated assault in Torre Pacheco, and a man charged in a knife attack that left a Utiel resident with a lung injury