News of corrientes

Pope voices concern over missing seven-year-old

15-01-2025 13:58 Pontiff expresses fears over disappearance of Loan Danilo Peña, the young boy who went missing in Corrientes seven months ago, noting hypothesis that child was “taken away to extract his organs for transplants.”

Disappearance of Loan Danilo Peña

Two months since Loan disappeared – how the case continues

14-08-2024 12:11 Seven people remain in jail accused of a link to the boy’s abduction, while Judge Cristina Penzo hears key testimony from the boy’s relative.

POLITICS

Corrientes security minister resigns post amid missing child case

12-07-2024 15:28 Buenaventura Duarte has tendered his resignation to Corrientes Province Governor Gustavo Valdés, with national deputy Alfredo Vallejos set to replace him.

CRIME & SECURITY

Investigation into of disappearance of five-year-old takes disturbing twist

11-07-2024 21:10 Hundreds of protesters join father of missing child Loan Danilo Peña for demonstration in Buenos Aires as police sources in Corrientes discover child pornography on the mobile phone of their prime suspect.

LOAN CASE

Corrientes: the province of lost children

05-07-2024 10:07 The disappearance of Loan Danilo Peña has drawn fresh attention to other children who vanished in the northeastern province of Corrientes and never reappeared. As well as the missing five-year-old, there are at least three other well-known cases from the last 20 years. Argentina is still monitored by the United States given its lack of policies to combat human-trafficking.

Disappearance of Loan Danilo Peña

Aunt of missing five-year-old child Loan testifies he was ‘run over’

29-06-2024 15:23 Confession delivers unexpected twist in missing child case; Loan Danilo Peña, last seen two weeks ago, was “run over” by ex-Navy officer Carlos Pérez and ex-municipal employee María Victoria Caillava, says aunt; Police believe body may have been buried in cover-up.

CRIME & SECURITY

‘All available resources’ deployed in search for find missing five-year-old

27-06-2024 18:14 Unsuccessful search for Loan Danilo Peña in Corrientes Province amid suspicions of child-trafficking; “Culprits” will pay, declares Patricia Bullrich as lead suspects are moved to jails in Salta and Chaco; President Milei meets Security minister for update on search.

Disappearance of Loan Danilo Peña

Milei dispatches security minister amid furore for missing child

25-06-2024 22:59 Patricia Bullrich announces national government will lead the search and investigation for Loan Danilo Peña, the five-year-old boy who went missing 12 days ago in Corrientes Province.

Disappearance of Loan Danilo Peña

Security minister travels to Paraguay as Argentina hunts for missing five-year-old

24-06-2024 16:59 The Security minister will travel to the neighbouring country on Tuesday. The detainees will be charged with human trafficking. Loan Danilo Peña, aged 5, was last seen on Thursday 13 in the town of 9 de Julio, Corrientes.

ELECTIONS 2023: PREVIEW

Election 2023: Not just a presidential vote

21-10-2023 05:57 No less than 18 of the 23 provinces have already voted with Corrientes and Santiago del Estero not renewing their governors until 2025. But the few remaining contests are far from minor – almost half the national electorate (or 48.39 percent, to be exact) between Buenos Aires City and Province, Catamarca and Entre Ríos.

by Michael Soltys

CRIME & SECURITY

Griselda Blanco murder: Investigators probe WhatsApp chats and ‘extortion’ claim

01-06-2023 12:59 Prosecutor investigating the death of a journalist from Corrientes Province who was found strangled at her home affirms that the victim had a relationship of “conflict” with a businessman who has been detained by the police.

CRIME & SECURITY

Second suspect for murder of Corrientes journalist indicted for homicide

29-05-2023 17:25 Second person arrested for the murder of Corrientes journalist Griselda Blanco refuses to testify in court. Initial suspect, another former partner, released from custody.

JOURNALIST FOUND DEAD

Corrientes journalist who denounced police abuses found ‘beaten and strangled’

22-05-2023 12:13 Body of Griselda Blanco, journalist who denounced alleged police abuses in Corrientes Province, found beaten and hanged at her home in Curuzú Cuatiá; Ex-partner arrested, but family members say death could be linked to previous reporting.

SCORCHING SUMMER

Forests in Corrientes Province burn amid heatwave, drought

14-03-2023 21:27 Raging fires have devoured some 6,000 hectares (14,800 acres) of forests in Corrientes Province in just days, officials reported Tuesday.