Overview
- Argentina detained a 26-year-old identified as Ojeda in Río Cuarto as the alleged intended target in the January attack that killed Paolo De la Fuente, reinforcing prosecutors’ theory of a fatal case of mistaken identity after earlier evidence and a suspect’s confession.
- Spain’s Policía Nacional arrested about 10 people tied to November’s Isla Mayor shooting that wounded an officer, seizing four handguns and 70 kilos of cocaine in coordinated raids across Sevilla and Málaga with more than 250 agents, with further arrests not ruled out.
- Mexican authorities in Culiacán reported gunmen opened fire on the city’s police chief, triggering a pursuit that caused a crash injuring a schoolgirl and her father, prompting temporary shifts to virtual classes at nearby schools while the case is reviewed.
- Mexico City police captured two alleged members of Los Malportados in Iztapalapa linked to two killings and extortion, securing a pistol and ballistic vest, and separately arrested three suspects in Venustiano Carranza after a shooting that left one man dead and a 15‑year‑old wounded.
- A 13‑year‑old in Mendoza, Argentina, remains in critical condition on mechanical ventilation after being resuscitated by volunteer firefighters following prolonged submersion while rescuing his 5‑year‑old brother from a flood‑swollen canal.