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Wave of Holiday Violence Across Argentina Prompts Homicide and Femicide Investigations

Cases span Mendoza, Buenos Aires province and Santa Fe, with arrests, self‑defense claims under review and evidence searches underway.

Overview

  • In Mendoza, the killing of Nadia Sosa in Palmira was recorded as the province’s ninth femicide of 2025, with police finding her and her partner dead after a 911 call.
  • In La Plata, a 68-year-old neighbor was detained after fatally shooting Daniel Néstor Rubén Ramírez during a dispute over fireworks, as prosecutors charged him and seized a Bersa .40 pistol amid residents torching his car.
  • In Quilmes, a City Police officer off duty shot and killed two alleged motochorros during an attempted robbery; the case is being handled by prosecutor Javier Becerra and is currently treated as self‑defense.
  • In Santa Fe’s barrio Acería, 23-year-old Kevin Leonel Duarte was executed in the street by gunfire, triggering a Division Homicidios probe led by prosecutor Estanislao Giavedoni with no arrests reported.
  • In the separate homicide of 15-year-old Jeremías Monzón, tactical divers searched the Parque Sur lake for evidence under the direction of prosecutor Francisco Cecchini in an investigation involving minors.