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Wave of Deadly Weekend Violence Across Argentina Triggers Raids, Arrests and Ongoing Probes

Police and prosecutors opened multiple investigations after killings and shootings in several cities.

Overview

  • Escobar: a 16-year-old was fatally stabbed during a dispute in Maquinista Savio and his stepfather, identified as Iván Castañeira, was detained and hospitalized as the Escobar UFI led by prosecutor Mabel Amoretti advances the case.
  • Máximo Paz (Cañuelas): a clash between rival groups left Marcelo Raful, 29, dead; two suspects were detained, including 22-year-old Isaac Peralta accused as the alleged shooter, and at least two patrol cars were burned.
  • Rosario (Empalme Graneros): a woman was killed and a man remains in critical condition after a pre-dawn shooting where investigators seized a 9mm pistol, ammunition and about 461,400 pesos; the Homicide Prosecutor’s Office under Laura Riccardo is in charge.
  • Argentina’s Federal Chamber of Criminal Cassation ordered new investigatory steps in the 2003 death of soldier Mauro Ramírez in a Misiones regiment, reviving lines of inquiry into potential institutional wrongdoing.
  • Mexico: in San Felipe, Guanajuato, attackers stormed a rehabilitation center and opened fire, killing two and wounding eight, according to the state prosecutor’s office, which has opened an investigation.