News of homicide

Maradona medics on trial for 'horror theatre' of his death

11-03-2025 17:19 Four years after Diego Maradona's death, supporters chanted outside the trial of seven health professionals Tuesday to determine their responsibilities in what the prosecutor called the "horror theatre" of the legendary football player's final days.

DRUG VIOLENCE

Narco violence tops agenda in Ecuador election

04-02-2025 10:25 Ecuadoreans vote Sunday for the country's next president as drug-related cartel and mafia violence run rampant. 'Iron fist' incumbent Daniel Noboa is up against Luisa González, a staunch defender of democracy.

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.

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

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.

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.

POLICE VIOLENCE

Three police officers given life imprisonment for 17-year-old’s killing

11-07-2023 14:20 Three Buenos Aires City police officers – Gabriel Alejandro Issasi, Juan José Nieva and Fabián Andrés López – sentenced to life imprisonment for the killing of 17-year-old Lucas González in November 2021.