News of killing

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.

JOURNALIST FOUND DEAD

Corrientes journalist who denounced police abuses found ‘beaten and strangled’

22-05-2023 12:13 Body of Griselda Blanco, journalist who denounced alleged police abuses in Corrientes Province, found beaten and hanged at her home in Curuzú Cuatiá; Ex-partner arrested, but family members say death could be linked to previous reporting.

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

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.

Murder in Villa Gesell

'Los Rugbiers': the group of eight accused of killing Fernando Báez Sosa

18-01-2023 11:43 Eight individuals – all aged between 21 and 23 – are accused of killing teenager Fernando Báez Sosa on January 18, 2020 in Villa Gesell.

CRIME & SECURITY

Violence-ridden Rosario suffered one murder a day in August

07-09-2022 14:47 Incessant and fatal violence continues in Rosario: crime-ridden city suffered 31 violent killings in August.

Assassination in Nara

Japan in shock as former PM Shinzo Abe assassinated by gunman

08-07-2022 13:25 Japan's former prime minister Shinzo Abe assassinated today by a gunman who shot the influential politician as he delivered a campaign speech.

Murder in the Amazon

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.

News of killing

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

Corrientes journalist who denounced police abuses found ‘beaten and strangled’

Candles in the wind

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

'Los Rugbiers': the group of eight accused of killing Fernando Báez Sosa

Violence-ridden Rosario suffered one murder a day in August

Japan in shock as former PM Shinzo Abe assassinated by gunman

Fish trade's murky waters cloud double murder in Amazon

Brazil's Bolsonaro defends police after custody death

Frenchman charged for murder of Argentine rugby star Aramburú

Ex-rugby star Aramburú shot and killed in Paris

25 years without José Luis Cabezas

Club manager killed by gunmen at Mexican Caribbean tourist resort

Three police officers charged with killing of Lucas González

Autopsy report raises further questions about Lucas González’s death

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

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and Victoria Villarruel hold ‘historic’ transition meeting

Karina Milei: How the most important member of Argentina’s next government thinks

Attack on fans overshadows Argentina historic win over Brazil

Who will be in Javier Milei’s Cabinet? The ministers and secretaries confirmed so far

Victoria Villarruel, the first vice-president to play down dictatorship’s crimes

El destino del PAMI en la era Milei, en manos del PRO

Gabinete de Javier Milei: ya se confirmaron los nombres de seis ministros y seis secretarios

Aguinaldo: ¿Javier Milei puede decidir que no se pague?

Habló David Nalbandian tras ser acusado por acoso sexual y hostigamiento a su ex pareja

Malena Galmarini salió a responderle a Javier Milei por la privatización de AySA