Overview
- Students discovered the calf missing on Friday morning, prompting a search that found remains scattered across Hernando.
- Following the trail of parts, school staff and police located the butchered body inside a local residence.
- Police detained a 39-year-old man from Santiago del Estero, and the probe is being handled by the Río Tercero prosecutor’s office.
- Authorities reported recovering about 50 kilograms of meat along with knives, pincers, a mallet, a machete, and a cellphone.
- The animal had been part of the school’s Bio Escuela program on sustainability, and administrators say the detainee likely had accomplices while they focus on student support.