Overview

• In Moreno, Buenos Aires, a 4-year-old boy was found dead with signs of abuse and his stepfather confessed to causing asphyxia, leading to his detention on aggravated homicide as UFI No. 4 directs autopsy and forensic work.
• Sinaloa authorities confirmed that Jesús Alexander, a 26-year-old state police escort assigned to a son of Governor Rubén Rocha Moya, died from injuries sustained during a military rescue after his abduction, with one alleged kidnapper killed and three wounded.
• In Buenavista, Michoacán, two municipal officers and a civilian were killed in an attack attributed to the Cártel Michoacán Nueva Generación, prompting reinforced patrols, joint searches and mobile inspection points along the Apatzingán–Tepalcatepec corridor.
• Peruvian media reported at least five homicides within 24 hours across Lima, Callao, Áncash and Puno, including the shootings of a public transport driver and a justice of the peace, as police review surveillance footage and open investigations.
• Mexico City police used C2 video and videoreplay to detain a 38-year-old suspect after a double homicide in Álvaro Obregón, while in Chiapas a man and a woman were arrested under judicial warrants for attempted aggravated feminicide and related injuries.