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Four Detained, Two Sought as Police Disrupt Juvenile Car-Robbery Ring in South Greater Buenos Aires

Social-media posts with surveillance enabled juvenile-court warrants for raids that seized guns, cash, phones, keys, two stolen cars.

Overview

  • Investigators attribute at least five armed carjackings to the group, with attacks centered in Berazategui and extending to Avellaneda and Dock Sud, and vehicles later hidden in Isla Maciel.
  • Six search and six arrest warrants were ordered by the Juvenile Responsibility Court No. 1 in Berazategui and executed by SDDI Berazategui with coordination from DDI Quilmes.
  • Those detained were identified as Alan Agustín Benítez, 13; Joaquín Alejandro Báez, 14; Valentín Mateo Báez, 15; and Ramiro Nicolás Fernández Noce, 17, all at the disposal of the Juvenile Prosecutor.
  • Two 17-year-old suspects, Lautaro Ezequiel Ruiz and Joaquín Ezequiel Antúnez, remain at large under active capture orders.
  • Police seized three firearms including a .32 revolver flagged since 2006, 21 rounds, ARS 73,000 in cash, three phones, ignition keys, and two vehicles with active seizure orders: a Volkswagen T-Cross and a Volkswagen Suran.