News of homicide

Eight accused of wrongdoing in Maradona's death will stand trial, rules court

18-04-2023 15:33 Members of Diego Maradona's eight-strong medical team will stand trial for their alleged role into legendary footballer's death and face between 8 and 25 years in jail.

CRIME & SECURITY

Rosario: A city under threat from murderous drug gangs

29-03-2023 13:18 Rosario, Argentina's second city with a population of 1.3 million, has a homicide rate of 22 per 100,000 inhabitants – five times the national average. As a result of its privileged position as a major port city, drug-trafficking is having a devastating impact on the city’s poorest neighbourhoods and residents.

ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT

‘I pulled the trigger and it didn't fire,’ says CFK’s would-be assassin

14-03-2023 11:37 "I have no regrets. I wanted to kill her because of the situation in the country," reveals Fernando Sabag Montiel, the man behind the failed assassination attempt against Cristina Fernández de Kirchner last September 1.

CRIME & SECURITY

Rosario: a death a day in a city on edge from drug-trafficking

07-03-2023 09:37 Three out of every four homicides registered in the city of Rosario are premeditated, observes survey.

Anger in Rosario

Homes of alleged drug-traffickers in Rosario vandalised after child's killing

07-03-2023 07:50 Residents of the working-class neighbourhood of Los Pumitas ransacked and vandalised homes of suspected drug-traffickers on Monday; Vigilante response to death of an 11-year-old child, who was killed in a violence shootout over weekend.

VIOLENCE IN ROSARIO

Campaigners in Rosario demand action in ‘capital of perfect crime’

15-02-2023 21:58 "They’re killing us and nobody does anything" – activist group Familiares y Víctimas de la Inseguridad makes new appeal to provincial and national governments; Narco violence continues to terrorise Rosario with 41 homicides since turn of the year.

AND THAT REMINDS ME…

Candles in the wind

11-02-2023 07:00 Perhaps it is the frequency of savage crimes which creates the need to single one out in order to restore inhumanity to human dimensions.

by Michael Soltys

CRIME & SECURITY

Santa Fe governor fires security minister as narco violence worsens

09-02-2023 14:41 Following a week of violence, the provincial governor dismissed Rubén Rimoldi from his post and appointed Claudio Brilloni, commander of the National Board Guard, in his place. There were also changes in local police leadership.

CRIME & SECURITY

Lucio Dupuy trial: Mother, partner found guilty of killing five-year-old

02-02-2023 13:00 Magdalena Espósito Valenti and her partner, Abigail Páez, found guilty of aggravated homicide, but mother is cleared of sexual abuse charge; Two women will learn in next few days if they will receive life sentences.

DEATH OF LUCIO DUPUY

Verdict due in trial for horrific killing of five-year-old Lucio Dupuy

31-01-2023 14:20 Late child’s mother and partner in the dock for gruesome killing of Lucio Dupuy; Prosecutors have accused both of aggravated homicide and repeated acts of sexual abuse; Duo face life imprisonment if convicted, verdict due on Thursday.

ATTACK ON VICE-PRESIDENT

No appeal from CFK attack 'co-authors' Sabag Montiel and Uliarte

22-09-2022 01:50 Fernando Andrés Sabag Montiel and Brenda Uliarte refrain from appealing their indictments for attempted homicide, with Nicolás Carrizo, the alleged leader of the candy floss gang, and Agustina Díaz set to testify.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Gun ownership has soared under Bolsonaro, says NGO

28-06-2022 21:06 In 2018, when Bolsonaro began his mandate, there were 117,467 gun owners officially registered as hunters, sport shooters and collectors, according to Army figures collected by a Brazilian NGO. In June 2022, that figure had jumped to 673,818.

Gender Violence

Boca Juniors and Colombia forward Sebastián Villa charged with rape

19-05-2022 16:00 Colombia and Boca Juniors star Sebastián Villa formally charged with rape and sexual abuse against young woman in 2021.

CRIME & SECURITY

Founder of ‘Los Monos’ drug gang arrested

29-04-2022 15:04 Founder of the ‘Los Monos’ drug-trafficking gang, Máximo Ariel ‘El Viejo’ Cantero, arrested and taken into custody.

CRIME & SECURITY

Drug-related violence soars to ‘critical’ levels in Rosario

29-04-2022 15:01 At least 90 killed from narco-violence in Rosario so far this year; Slain bodies found in mafia-style killings as local authorities warn the situation is ‘critical.’

Death of Federico Martín Aramburú

Main suspect in killing of ex-Pumas star Aramburú detained in Paris

31-03-2022 20:23 French far-right militant accused of killing former Argentine rugby player Federico Martín Aramburu taken into police custody.

CRIME & SECURITY

Police arrest suspected killers of ex-Pumas rugby star Aramburú

23-03-2022 14:24 Ex-Argentina star was killed last Saturday after he and friends became embroiled in dispute at a café in Paris.

CRIME & SECURITY

Sailor commits double murder on tanker in Río de la Plata, gives himself up

27-10-2021 21:45 A double murder took place in the River Plate aboard a tanker with an Argentine crew and flying the Maltese flag of convenience, it was revealed last weekend. A 52-year-old crewman shot dead the captain and first mate of the vessel, before giving himself up.

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

CRIME & SECURITY

Ecuador's president declares state of emergency over drug violence

19-10-2021 09:13 Guillermo Lasso declares a state of emergency in the country grappling with a surge in drug-related violence and orders mobilisation of police and military.

Latin America's jails

More than 100 dead in Ecuador's latest prison violence

30-09-2021 15:55 The death toll from bloody clashes between rival gangs in an Ecuador prison reached 116, with nearly 80 more wounded, President Guillermo Lasso said Wednesday.

HOMICIDE RATE

FBI: Murders rose 30% in United States in 2020

27-09-2021 15:39 The number of murders in the United States rose by around 30% in 2020 over the previous year, to some 21,500.

CRIME

Wife of Greek ambassador to Brazil convicted of his murder

30-08-2021 11:11 Brazilian court sentences Francoise de Souza Oliveira to 31 years in prison for murdering her husband, Greek ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis.

News of homicide

Eight accused of wrongdoing in Maradona's death will stand trial, rules court

Rosario: A city under threat from murderous drug gangs

‘I pulled the trigger and it didn't fire,’ says CFK’s would-be assassin

Rosario: a death a day in a city on edge from drug-trafficking

Homes of alleged drug-traffickers in Rosario vandalised after child's killing

Campaigners in Rosario demand action in ‘capital of perfect crime’

Candles in the wind

Santa Fe governor fires security minister as narco violence worsens

Lucio Dupuy trial: Mother, partner found guilty of killing five-year-old

Verdict due in trial for horrific killing of five-year-old Lucio Dupuy

No appeal from CFK attack 'co-authors' Sabag Montiel and Uliarte

Gun ownership has soared under Bolsonaro, says NGO

Boca Juniors and Colombia forward Sebastián Villa charged with rape

Founder of ‘Los Monos’ drug gang arrested

Drug-related violence soars to ‘critical’ levels in Rosario

Main suspect in killing of ex-Pumas star Aramburú detained in Paris

Police arrest suspected killers of ex-Pumas rugby star Aramburú

Sailor commits double murder on tanker in Río de la Plata, gives himself up

Fernando Báez Sosa murder trial delayed until early 2023

Ecuador's president declares state of emergency over drug violence

More than 100 dead in Ecuador's latest prison violence

FBI: Murders rose 30% in United States in 2020

Wife of Greek ambassador to Brazil convicted of his murder

Argentine physicist receives 'Women in Science' UNESCO prize

Latin America's leaders and UNASUR: unity in the midst of divergence

Argentine in running to be UN weather agency's next chief

Scaloni names Argentina squad for Asia tour friendlies

Opposition criticism as President Fernández meets with Maduro

Plazo fijo: nuevamente aumentaron las tasas de interés en los bancos

Hija de la azafata detenida: "Me podés cagar la vida por una pendejada"

El Consejo de la Magistratura aprobó la suspensión y el juicio político al juez Bento por mal desempeño

García Cuerva, el nuevo arzobispo, desmintió su "filiación K"

Máximo Kirchner en China: dijo que es "admirable" la política educativa