News of disappearance

Investigation into missing five-year-old Loan advances towards trial

29-05-2025 14:20 Prosecutors request closure of investigation into unsolved disappearance of Loan Danilo Peña in Corrientes Province almost one year ago; Trial proceedings expected soon.

Latin America

Ecuadorean adolescents still missing as search efforts increase

23-12-2024 20:34 President Daniel Noboa orders intensified search for four boys as public outrage grows ahead of elections. Military officials deny involvement.

Disappearance of Loan Danilo Peña

Multiple leads, conflicting accounts – Loan Danilo Peña, missing three months

13-09-2024 15:10 Five-year-old Loan Danilo Peña went missing on June 13 in Nueve de Julio, Corrientes Province, after lunch with his extended family. Argentina’s courts have investigated various leads but have yet to produce a solid hypothesis to explain his disappearance. Three months on, where is Loan?

by Federico Perez Vecchio

CRIME & SECURITY

Chaco: Cecilia Strzyzowski femicide case sent to trial

01-05-2024 10:26 Former partner César Sena, his parents Emiliano Sena and Marcela Acuña, and four assistants of powerful local picket-leader, look set to face trial by jury.

DISAPPEARANCE OF CECILIA STRZYZOWKI

Cecilia Strzyzowski's mother and sister say they're leaving Chaco

13-09-2023 14:55 Both Ángela Strzyzowski and Gloria Romero, missing 28-year-old’s sister and mother, have been living under police protection since she disappeared in early June in Resistencia; Investigators believe she was slain by her husband and his parents.

DISAPPEARANCE OF CECILIA STRZYZOWKI

Expert report: Bones thought to belong to Cecilia Strzyzowski were burnt

05-09-2023 13:48 Investigators into the disappearance of Cecilia Strzyzowski in Resistencia told bones believed to belong to the victim were burnt for at least three hours before being dumped in a river.

ANA LLOBET INTERVIEW

‘We need the public’ – NGO on search for Argentina’s 100 missing children

22-07-2023 06:23 More than 100 kids are being sought across the country, reveals Ana Llobet, president of the Missing Children Argentina NGO. “Many more are lost than those denounced," she assures, expressing particular concern about individuals that disappeared years ago and whose cases remain unsolved.

by Anabella Gonzalez

CRIME & SECURITY

Cecilia Strzyzowski: Victim’s blood found on Sena family mattress

13-07-2023 14:11 Key breakthrough in case investigating disappearance of 28-year-old in Chaco Province; DNA testing on mattress, furniture from Sena family home indicate victim’s blood.