News of crime

Anger as it emerges suspect in teenager's killing attempted previous kidnap

03-06-2026 18:58 Details of shocking murder of 14-year-old Agostina Vega published by local media; Wave of public indignation over femicide and authorities’ previous handling of previous case involving prime suspect.

US$2.5 million, drugs found in raid on top official’s home

03-06-2026 11:24 Facundo Leal, former head of the ARSAT state satellite firm and ORSNA airport regulator, arrested after a raid on his Palermo flat; Over US$2.5 million in cash, drugs and other items, including surveillance gear, seized as part an ongoing court investigation.

Argentina’s zero tolerance turn and the limits of libertarianism

07-05-2026 00:33 When Javier Milei came to power, his political appeal rested on a simple but powerful idea: that Argentina’s crisis was, above all, the result of an overgrown state. Yet the trajectory of his security policy points in a different direction.

by Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera

Peru extradites key suspect in triple murder case to Argentina

04-05-2026 18:29 Suspect accused of orchestrating drug-linked killings to face court as families protest for justice.

68 gender-based killings in Argentina in first quarter, report finds

07-04-2026 11:32 Report by La Casa del Encuentro NGO recorded 68 gender-based killings in January-March period; 72% of killings took place in victim’s home.

Santa Fe town in shock after 13-year-old killed in school shooting attack

01-04-2026 15:53 Community gathers to mourn 13-year-old victim of unprecedented school shooting attack; 15-year-old suspect – a pupil at the school – set to be charged with aggravated murder.

Two suspects in Liam Payne drug supply case released pending trial

26-03-2026 01:21 Two men accused of supplying drugs to Liam Payne released from house arrest but still face trial in Buenos Aires.

Teen jailed for 23 years over murder of seven-year-old in carjacking

16-03-2026 15:51 Court in La Plata hands down 23-year sentence for the attack in which the minor was dragged for 15 blocks; Attacker was 17 at the time of the fatal carjacking.

Congress votes to lower age of criminal responsibility to 14

27-02-2026 19:29 Milei and La Libertad Avanza notch up another legislative win in special Congress sessions; New juvenile penal regime will lower the age of criminal responsibility to 14, down from the present age of 16.

‘All crimes in Buenos Aires have fallen,’ says City Mayor Macri

25-02-2026 12:32 Buenos Aires City mayor says his administration has taken “a political decision to enforce the law” and that, as a result, all crimes in the capital have decreased.

Rosario police end revolt over pay, mental health demands

11-02-2026 17:14 Dozens of police officers stage protest demanding higher salaries and improved mental health care in crime-it Rosario; Officers initially sanctioned, but punishments later withdrawn; Pay offer ends dispute.

Police protest in Rosario over salary demands, mental health care

11-02-2026 17:05 Dozens of police officers stage protest demanding higher salaries and improved mental health care in Rosario; Officers initially sanctioned, but punishments later withdrawn.

What’s in Milei's bill to lower the age of criminal responsibility?

28-01-2026 22:54 Argentina’s government wants to transform the country's specialised penal regime for minors. Here's how.

Lowering age of criminal responsibility – is Argentina legislating in mood of violent emotion?

28-01-2026 15:56 Is the Milei government's bill "political opportunism," a distraction or the handing down of real consequences to those who commit crime?

by Barbara Komarovsky

Milei government renews push to lower age of criminal responsibility

26-01-2026 18:07 President Javier Milei’s government will seek to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 13 or 14 during extraordinary sessions of Congress, reviving a long-running debate over juvenile crime and punishment.

Homicides down 5% from last year, robberies drop to lowest in recent history

22-01-2026 18:06 Argentina’s Security Ministry presents preliminary data showing a sustained decline of homicide rate and a more than 20% drop in robberies nationwide over past year.

Crime ranking shows ‘security incidents’ up 20% in Argentina last year

22-12-2025 13:47 National report by private Verisure firm shows 20 percent increase in “security incidents” over past 12 months; Province of Tucumán leads crime ranking with 65% surge, with sustained growth in Córdoba, Mendoza and the Atlantic coast.

Milei embraces Chile's president-elect Kast, cementing right-wing alliance

17-12-2025 10:14 Argentina's president is eagerly embracing José Antonio Kast as another partner in a right-wing project he sees himself as commanding across the region.

Senator-elect accused of US drug arrest gives up battle for seat

03-12-2025 12:57 La Libertad Avanza national deputy Lorena Villaverde says she has “no ongoing criminal cases either in Argentina or in the United States” against her but says she will resign the Senate seat she won in October to stay in the lower house.

Court merges Loan Peña casefiles, paving way for 17 defendants to stand trial

26-11-2025 10:22 Unification clears procedural challenges as 17 defendants move toward oral trial over disappearance of five-year-old in June 2024; Seven accused of abduction and concealment of boy, another 10 face other charges.