Overview
- The oral trial in the 2022 killing of Hugo Nazareno Cruz opened this week with prosecutors presenting phone data they say shows a clandestine sentimental relationship and arguing the murder weapon originally belonged to a police officer.
- Investigators used Facebook Marketplace traces, CCTV and an AI vehicle‑tracking system to identify and detain suspects in the Bella Vista murder, with one 20‑year‑old held as a co‑author and two women charged with concealment.
- Three men accused in the September 2025 Sauce Viejo death of Francisco Villagoiz were arrested after PDI raids and ordered to remain in preventive detention on charges of homicide and armed robbery.
- Local courts also confirmed rapid detentions in other violent incidents: Cristofer Molina was jailed on preventive detention for a armed robbery in Constituyentes, and police are still searching for an alleged shooter in Barrio Sarmiento who remains at large.
- Beyond casework, a jury removed three prosecutors for negligent handling of the long‑running Nora Dalmasso file and a fiscal decision not to sustain an appeal is likely to send the AFA money‑laundering probe to the federal court in Campana, signaling institutional shifts in oversight and venue that could change how major inquiries proceed.