Overview
- Agostina Guadalupe Pedraza, 25, and María Flavia Ramallo, 33, died on December 20, 2025 during a fire in an isolation cell at Bouwer prison in Córdoba.
- Pedraza’s mother formally requested standing as a querellante, intensifying the families’ push to take part in the case and drive a deeper inquiry.
- The querella asked the court to secure fire-protocol reviews, maintenance logs, guard rosters, security footage, technical forensics, and testimony from witnesses, inmates, and medical staff.
- Relatives allege hazardous conditions and failures—flammable mattresses, a suspected lighter, and nonworking extinguishers—along with delayed door opening and evacuations that prioritized other inmates.
- The family’s lawyer accused penitentiary authorities of trying to shape staff accounts and urged in-prison testimonies, while the provincial Justice Ministry declined comment and denied irregular conditions as the probe continues in provincial court.