Overview
- Prosecutor Juan Pablo Caniggia sought a six‑year prison sentence on attempted homicide charges, arguing Juan Ignacio Buzali used his car to ram two motorcyclists and citing aggravating factors such as use of a vehicle and multiple victims.
- Victims’ lawyers Martín De Vargas and Axel Hurtado pressed for an eight‑year term, alleging intentional conduct, nocturnity, abandonment of the injured, and disregard for human life.
- The defense requested acquittal, framing the episode as a reaction driven by fear after an alleged robbery, with Carolina Píparo testifying that she believed they were being attacked by armed assailants.
- Former SAME La Plata head Enrique Rifourcat testified that no emergency call was recorded for the intersection of 21 and 40, the site identified as the main impact location.
- The case is before Tribunal Oral en lo Criminal N°1, composed of judges Ramiro Fernández Lorenzo, Silvia Hoerr and Cecilia Sanucci, who began deliberations after Buzali expressed remorse and denied intent.