News of killing

Fish trade's murky waters cloud double murder in Amazon

22-06-2022 11:16 The pirarucú is one impressive fish – but what has it got to do with the murder of British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira?

Police violence

Brazil's Bolsonaro defends police after custody death

30-05-2022 22:09 President Jair Bolsonaro defended Brazil's federal highway police Monday after officers were accused of asphyxiating to death 38-year-old Genivaldo de Jesús Santos, who they forced into the trunk of their patrol car.

Death of Federico Martín Aramburú

Frenchman charged for murder of Argentine rugby star Aramburú

01-04-2022 19:03 French ex-soldier charged with murder of ex-Pumas rugby star Federico Martín Aramburú.

SHOCK MURDER

Ex-rugby star Aramburú shot and killed in Paris

19-03-2022 19:01 Ex-Pumas star Federico Martín Aramburú killed in Paris early Saturday in a drive-by shooting following a dispute in a bar.

The murder of José Luis Cabezas

25 years without José Luis Cabezas

28-01-2022 22:29 The murder of José Luis Cabezas on January 25, 1997 sent shockwaves throughout Argentina. Twenty-five years on, we remember the late photographer and the chain of events that ended his life.

CRIME & SECURITY

Club manager killed by gunmen at Mexican Caribbean tourist resort

26-01-2022 17:47 Two gunmen killed an Argentine man who managed a popular club in Playa del Carmen, at Mexico's Riviera Maya tourist resort, local authorities said Wednesday.

CRIME & SECURITY

Three police officers charged with killing of Lucas González

07-12-2021 16:46 Three City police officers – Gabriel Alejandro Issasi, Juan José Nieva and Fabián Andrés López – remanded in custody and charged with killing 17-year-old Lucas González last month.

CRIME & SECURITY

Autopsy report raises further questions about Lucas González’s death

03-12-2021 23:38 Lawyer for family claims 17-year-old killed by police officers in Barracas was “tortured” after autopsy identifies cigarette burn on hand.

CRIME & SECURITY

Gruesome killing of five-year-old Lucio Dupuy shocks Argentina

03-12-2021 23:33 Forensic expert in charge of five-year-old Lucio Dupuy’s autopsy says he has “never seen anything like it” in more than a quarter of a century of professional experience.

DEATH OF LUCAS GONZÁLEZ

Killing of 17-year-old by three police officers sparks debate over ‘trigger-happy’ policing

20-11-2021 11:49 NGO expresses concern over use of ‘excessive force’ by officers after youngster Lucas González is shot in head twice by police officers in City neighbourhood of Barracas.

by James Grainger

CRIME & SECURITY

Ramos Mejía murder shifts election spotlight onto crime

12-11-2021 22:01 Slaying of kiosk vendor Roberto Sabo in populous La Matanza delivers indignant protests, clashes with the police, public recriminations, media scrums and campaign talking points.

CRIME & SECURITY

Hitmen gun down protected witness in Rosario

08-09-2021 17:35 Gunned down from a passing car, protected witness Carlos Héctor Argüelles was the former right-hand man of drug kingpin Esteban Alvarado, against whom the late witness had ended up testifying.

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.

KILLING OF GEORGE FLOYD

George Floyd murder trial: ex-Policeman found guilty of murder

20-04-2021 17:33 A jury in the United States reached a verdict on Tuesday in the high-profile trial of the white former police officer charged with murder and manslaughter for the death of African-American George Floyd.

SPECIAL FEATURE

Conviction fails to solve mysteries surrounding French tourist's death

05-12-2020 10:04 French backpacker Mathieu Martin went missing in August 2018 in the north of Argentina. Last month, a court in Salta convicted a 41-year-old of manslaughter, holding the defendant responsible for the tourist’s death.

by Nick Evans

CRIME & SECURITY

Crime spirals out of control in troubled Rosario

05-10-2020 00:01 Rosario, Argentina’s third-largest city, has been suffering for years from escalating violence and the proliferation of drug gangs.

INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO

Sabina Frederic: ‘Security means protecting people, not repression’

08-08-2020 08:37 During almost eight months leading the Security Ministry, social anthropologist and university professor Sabina Frederic has found herself under criticism from both Sergio Berni and Horacio Verbitsky. In a feature-length interview, she discusses those debates, Sergio Maldonado, Facundo Castro and why mediation should be prioritised over the violent use of force.

by Jorge Fontevecchia

JUNTOS POR EL CAMBIO

Opposition split over coalition’s reaction to Fabián Gutiérrez killing

11-07-2020 08:05 Reports emerge of unhappiness in Juntos por el Cambio coalition over controversial statement issued in wake of Fabián Gutiérrez’s death.