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Young Mother Killed Shielding Toddler in Burzaco Ambush as Police Detain 17-Year-Old

Investigators pursue a narco-related settling of accounts as the leading line of inquiry.

Overview

  • Aylén Valdez, 24, died at the scene after protecting her two-year-old, who was unharmed and placed in family care.
  • Her partner, the child's father, was shot in the neck and remains in critical condition at Hospital Lucio Meléndez.
  • The attack occurred Monday night on Calle Derqui in Burzaco, where at least two assailants opened fire on a white Citroën C4 from both sides and fled.
  • Security-camera footage led to the detention of a 17-year-old suspect, while authorities continue to search for at least two others.
  • Police seized 9mm shell casings, projectiles, mobile phones and cash, and the case is in the juvenile prosecutor’s office with an autopsy ordered in Lomas de Zamora.