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Coordinated Probes in Argentina, Peru and Mexico Produce Multiple Police Detentions and High‑Profile Arrests

Internal‑affairs units and prosecutors have stepped up investigations into alleged police abuse, falsified records and violent robberies as authorities gather evidence and press provisional charges.

Overview

  • This week, a División de Asuntos Internos operation in Rosario arrested nine police officers who face provisional charges over the May 2024 case in which a man was severely burned during a police procedure.
  • The Unidad de Capturas de Alto Perfil captured Samuel Elías Reyes in Córdoba and placed him at the disposition of justice in the long‑running homicide probe of 4‑year‑old Zamir Torres.
  • Prosecutors in Salta provisionally charged four men in the late‑May Santa Victoria Este ambush that robbed two businessmen of roughly 25 million pesos in cash and other valuables.
  • Investigators in Rosario also probed a bold theft at a police substation that yielded firearms, ballistic vests and a portable radio and led to at least one arrest and recovery of a stolen weapon.
  • Across borders, public prosecutors opened preliminary inquiries into alleged police misconduct in Peru and Mexico, and the wave of detentions and imputations highlights growing institutional pressure for accountability while many cases remain in early evidence‑gathering stages.