Overview
- Brondino, 55, was formally charged Thursday with double-qualified homicide, which carries a potential life sentence, and he declined to testify.
- He is being held under a 90-day preventive detention at the Tala departmental headquarters, with a transfer to a provincial penal unit pending decision.
- Investigators are working with Policía Científica, Cybercrime and national specialists, having reconstructed the victim’s last communications and awaiting chemical analyses of seized items.
- Daiana Mendieta’s body was found in a well at an abandoned house four days after she disappeared, and the autopsy identified a fatal head wound from a short, pointed instrument.
- Relatives and neighbors held marches for justice, with a new demonstration called for Friday at the Rosario del Tala courthouse.