Overview
- Sunday morning in Los Hornos a 27-year-old cyclist, Gustavo Ruiz Díaz, was knocked down by two motochorros, shot in the leg with a .22-caliber round that remained lodged and had his bicycle stolen while CCTV captured the attack.
- Investigators report the motorcycle used in the Los Hornos robbery had been reported stolen hours earlier and police are tracing its route from Melchor Romero using camera footage and witness accounts, with no arrests announced yet.
- A separate armed robbery in La Plata left a couple shaken after gunmen took a Renault Duster and about $1.5 million in cash; that case is under judicial investigation to map the robbers’ escape and identify suspects.
- In Salta prosecutors detained two men in the homicide of Hernán Velarde after analyzing security cameras and testimony, while in Neuquén a three-year-old girl was killed and her father remains hospitalized under police custody as forensics proceed.
- Authorities across provinces and in La Libertad, Peru, are sharpening forensic and CCTV work to link crimes and stolen vehicles, a push that officials say responds to rising public alarm and could prompt more coordinated patrols and prosecutions.