News of tragedy

ARA San Juan: Five years on, a look at investigation into submarine's sinking

16-11-2022 08:31 Five years after the tragic loss of the 'ARA San Juan,' forensic studies of images of the sunken submarine are still pending. The case probing the tragedy is relatively advanced, but doubts as to what caused it are far from resolved. A look at the key points of the investigation underway in Santa Cruz and Chubut.

PLANE CRASH TRAGEDY

Four killed after medical plane crashes at Río Grande airport

01-07-2022 16:57 Pilot, co-pilot, nurse and doctor killed after a plane on a medical mission crashed during take-off at Río Grande Airport.

US Border Crisis

Anger, pain at vigil for migrants who died in tractor trailer in Texas

29-06-2022 14:13 Dozens of people held a vigil for the 51 migrants, who are thought to have come from Latin America, who died when they were abandoned in a suffocatingly hot tractor-trailer in Texas near the border with Mexico.

CITY

Tragedy in Recoleta: Five killed in tower block fire

23-06-2022 11:49 Blaze broke out on the seventh floor of a 14-storey building located on Avenida Córdoba and Calle Ecuador; Three minors and two women killed, at least 18 injured.

death of Emiliano Sala

Inquest: Emiliano Sala likely unconscious before fatal air crash

18-03-2022 11:09 Argentine footballer died in a plane crash having inhaled toxic levels of carbon monoxide from the aircraft's faulty exhaust system.

Environment

Petrópolis tragedy: 182 people dead from flash floods and landslides

22-02-2022 23:16 Death toll from flash floods and landslides that hit Brazilian city of Petropolis rises to 182, authorities said.

ONCE RAIL CRASH: 10 YEARS ON

A decade on, relatives of Once tragedy victims reiterate call for justice

22-02-2022 16:31 Relatives of the deceased and survivors of the 2012 Once train crash this week reiterated their calls for justice, demanding that those convicted of crimes be made to serve their full jail terms.

DISASTER IN BRAZIL

Race to find survivors after Brazil floods, landslides kill 104

17-02-2022 15:28 Rescuers raced against the clock Thursday to find survivors among the mud and wreckage caused by devastating flash floods and landslides that killed 104 people in the picturesque Brazilian city of Petrópolis.

Tragedy in Rio de Janeiro state

Torrential rain kills 44 in Brazil tourist town of Petrópolis

16-02-2022 13:00 At least 44 people have been killed after devastating flash floods and landslides hit the picturesque Brazilian city of Petropolis.

PLANE CRASH TRAGEDY

Emiliano Sala felt pressure over transfer before plane death, inquest hears

15-02-2022 14:38 Late Argentine striker Emiliano Sala felt under "a lot of pressure" to complete a transfer to the Premier League shortly before he died in a plane crash as he headed to his new club, an inquest in the UK heard on Tuesday.

CRIME & SECURITY

Authorities identify substance cut with ‘contaminated cocaine’ that killed victims

12-02-2022 08:55 ‘Laced cocaine’ that killed 24 people in Buenos Aires Province was cut with carfentanil, a derivative of fentanyl and a powerful opiate.

ARGENTINA ABLAZE

Two killed in helicopter crash as firefighters battle flames in seven provinces

29-12-2021 23:02 Two killed in tragic helicopter crash near town of Aluminé, Neuquén Province; Authorities declare nationwide fire emergency, with outbreaks now reported in seven provinces and more than 300,000 hectares destroyed.

MIAMI CONDO COLLAPSE

Rest of collapsed Florida apartment block demolished ahead of tropical storm

05-07-2021 08:47 Controlled explosion brings down unstable remains of collapsed apartment block in Florida ahead of a threatening tropical storm, with the confirmed death toll at 24 and 121 people missing.

MIAMI CONDO COLLAPSE

Death toll rises to 16 in Miami condo collapse

30-06-2021 16:56 At least 29 other Latin Americans still missing, with no news to date: nine from Argentina, six from Colombia, six from Paraguay, four from Venezuela, three from Uruguay and one from Chile.

TRAGEDY IN MIAMI

Florida building collapse reverberates across Latin America

25-06-2021 23:43 Several Latin Americans, some who reportedly travelled to get vaccinated, are among the missing after an apartment building collapsed in the Miami area earlier this week.

UNITED STATES

Miami apartment building collapse: Nine Argentines among those missing

25-06-2021 00:09 Authorities said they were still without news of 99 people who may have been inside the building when it collapsed. So far 102 others have been accounted for, and one has been confirmed dead.