News of homicides

Anti-narcotics forces deployed in Rosario as homicide numbers climb

09-03-2023 13:57 Argentina’s government sends reinforcements to combat drug-trafficking in Rosario, where more than one death per day has been registered in March.

CRIME & SECURITY

Violence in Rosario persists with 19 homicides in January

02-03-2023 16:15 The year 2022 closed with a record 288 homicides in Greater Rosario, with January’s 19 homicides promising a continuation to the incessant violence in the city. Estimates show that 2023 will follow the same path or even exceed last year's number of crimes.

CRIME & SECURITY

Nine years after murder which triggered a bloodbath, warfare rages on in Rosario

02-06-2022 15:51 In the small hours of May 26, 2013 two hitmen gunned down 29-year-old Los Monos gang leader Claudio Cantero in front of a nightclub. That same year homicides rose 71 percent from the previous year. Ever since then, the violence has continued with 241 murders last year – the highest tally of the last six years.

by Nadia Galán