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Zárate Case: Body of Missing 79-Year-Old Found Near Ruta 9, Three Detained

Investigators pursue a robbery line under judicial secrecy led by the DDI Zárate-Campana.

Overview

  • Eduardo Saúl De Francesco, 79, was discovered dead in a field near Ruta 9 after four days of searches from his last sighting at his home on Valentín Alsina al 1000.
  • Three suspects were arrested, including municipal agent Alejo Moreno, police officer María Ludmila Valentini of the Comando de Patrullas de Campana, and Néstor Irvin Matencio Limache.
  • Security cameras recorded a group seizing De Francesco and removing him in his own car, according to investigators.
  • Authorities seized a white Volkswagen Gol and a Ford Focus linked to the case, with forensic examinations and procedural steps ongoing.
  • The case was opened as an averiguación de paradero, and investigators are working under reserve on a presumed robbery motive while autopsy results are pending.