News of Leonardo Nieva

Leonardo Nieva

Editor de Policiales de Diario Perfil.

Loan Danilo Peña was last seen on Thursday, June 13, close to the town of 9 de Julio, near the district of Goya, Corrientes.

Trial into missing five-year-old’s disappearance in doubt

02-03-2026 18:42 First preliminary hearing exposes the scale of the proceedings over the disappearance of five-year-old Loan Danilo Peña in Corrientes in June 2024; Prosecutor Carlos calls for acceleration, questions limits put on his work; There are two parallel cases and 17 people indicted in all.

by Leonardo Nieva

Protesters demonstrate during an anti-gender violence rally in Buenos Aires.

CRIME & INSECURITY

Authorities receive a report denouncing sale of child every 17 days

16-09-2024 16:56 Special prosecutorial unit set up to clamp down on human-trafficking in Argentina reveals one complaint denouncing the sale of a newborn or child was made to the authorities every 17 days.

by Leonardo Nieva

Cocaine backpackers – Four backpackers arrested in Salta were found carrying cocaine.

DRUG-TRAFFICKING

‘Mochileros de la cocaína’ – Rising numbers of drug ‘mule’ backpackers

12-09-2024 13:00 Farm hands, manual labourers and local guides in the north of Argentina are being coopted by criminal organisations for the overland transfer of drugs across the frontier with Bolivia, crossing mountains and valleys without caring about the weather or the visibility.

by Leonardo Nieva

A police car on patrol in Rosario, Santa Fe Province.

CRIME & SECURITY

Report reveals most unsafe cities in Argentina

28-02-2024 18:10 Rosario suffered the most crimes last year and has the highest murder rate in Argentina. Also in the ranking are two cities on the Atlantic Coast: Mar del Plata and Villa Gesell.

by Leonardo Nieva

CRIME & SECURITY

Horror in Colonia Aurora: Man arrested for rape, murder of 10-year-old girl

17-01-2024 15:09 Youngster Milagros Prestes mysteriously disappeared on Thursday, January 12. Her body, which had been raped and strangled, was found the following day. A 62-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder.

by Leonardo Nieva

PRISONS

Record incarceration rates at Buenos Aires Province’s overcrowded jails

09-09-2023 06:59 Incarceration rate in the nation’s most-populous region hits record high; Report reveals provincial prison system went from having 306 people detained per 100,000 inhabitants in 2021 to 311 in 2022 – in December last year there were 55,621 people detained in prisons, police stations and police stations across Buenos Aires Province.

by Leonardo Nieva

FERNANDO PEREZ ALGABA CASE

Dismembered businessman mystery rocks Argentina

01-08-2023 18:32 Land Rover driven by the victim was in possession of an alleged partner and has been surrendered to the Buenos Aires Province police force. From his closest circle they have doubts about a murder due to a debt. Why were his remains dismembered, bagged and thrown into a suitcase?

by Leonardo Nieva

CCTV images from the so-called 'black widow' robberies in Palmero in 2023.

CRIME & SECURITY

Argentina’s ‘black widow’ thieves trawl Tinder for victims

08-05-2023 07:18 Police highlight string of cases in Buenos Aires in which so-called “black widow” thieves are using dating app Tinder to identify, seduce and drug older men in order to rob them.

by Leonardo Nieva

Protesters march for justice for the brutal killing of 18-year-old Fernando Báez Sosa

KILLING OF FERNANDO BÁEZ SOSA

Judges analyse evidence ahead of Báez Sosa murder case ruling

03-02-2023 08:38 Videos that reconstruct the attack, autopsy results, forensic reports and accounts from eyewitnesses – a look at the main pieces of evidence that could convict the accused.

by Leonardo Nieva

A SENASA cargo ship transports cattle while travelling through the Paraná River near the Port of Rosario in Rosario, Argentina, on April 23.

CRIME: DRUG-TRAFFICKING

Hidrovía del Paraná: the waterway which passes South America’s drugs to Europe

01-09-2022 09:50 Drug authorities last week seized 1.6 tons of cocaine worth approximately US$60 million – one of the largest busts in recent years. The raid, which took place in Rosario, once again highlights the role played by local ports in international drug-trafficking.

by Leonardo Nieva

Street graffiti demanding justice for Fernando Báez Sosa, created during a march to mark the first anniversary of his death.

COURTS

Fernando Báez Sosa murder trial delayed until early 2023

21-10-2021 14:02 Eight rugby players accused of the murder of Fernando Báez Sosa, the 20-year-old law student beaten to death near a Villa Gesell night club in January 2020, will not stand trial until early 2023 after court says it has “no room in the timetable.”

by Leonardo Nieva

Money was seized after raids ordered by Federal Judge Adrián González Charvay.

POLICE OPERATION

Police bust counterfeit ring forging pesos, dollars on large scale

17-08-2021 21:26 Federal Police break up gang producing counterfeit money with series of raids, making 16 arrests. Police say fake bills were manufactured on a large scale and were of good quality.

by Leonardo Nieva

Left to right: Cristian Ragazzoni, Pablo Silva and Héctor Gabriel Fedeli.

COMMUNITY

'Thank you forever' – Tributes pour in after death of three firemen in Caseros

07-08-2021 08:43 Buenos Aires Province Governor Axel Kicillof decreed three days of mourning for Tres de Febrero firemen Cristian Ragazzoni, Pablo Silva and Héctor Gabriel Fedeli.

by Leonardo Nieva

Diego Maradona, in one of his last public appearances at coach of Gimnasia y Esgrima La Plata.

Death of Diego Maradona

13 key findings from expert report into Diego Maradona’s death

03-05-2021 13:36 Expert medical panel concludes actions of the medical team looking after Maradona were “inadequate, deficient and reckless” and “increased the risk” of late footballer’s death.

by Leonardo Nieva

A policeman holds up a flare during a protest in which provincial police are demanding improved wages and working conditions amid the new coronavirus pandemic in La Matanza, Wednesday, September 9, 2020.

Provincial police rebel

Police rebel against 7,000 infections and 40-peso-an-hour overtime

09-09-2020 17:10 Officers are in a mutinous mood throughout Argentina’s largest province, as the coronavirus pandemic brings to a head problems unresolved over many years.

by Leonardo Nieva

The search for Facundo Castro continues.

80 days missing

Search for Facundo Castro: New witnesses, mobile phone signal and DNA tests

21-07-2020 00:13 Search for missing 22-year-old, who was last seen on April 30 walking along Route 3 between Pedro Luro and Bahía Blanca when he was detained by Buenos Aires provincial police officers in Mayor Buratovich, advances.

by Leonardo Nieva