Overview
- Marta Ramallo reported a stolen planter and a forced niche cover at the La Plata cemetery, discovered during a Mother’s Day visit.
- She says an order in the case forbids any alteration of the niche and now fears the urn could have been tampered with, so she plans to request an inspection or exhumation.
- Cemetery staff did not take an in-person complaint, and she was told to ask the municipality for security camera footage and to file a written report; officials had not provided public responses in the coverage.
- Local authorities are expected to review external municipal cameras, while feminist and human-rights groups condemned the incident and demanded urgent action.
- Eight defendants are on trial before La Plata’s Federal Oral Court No. 2 over alleged trafficking, sexual exploitation, drug sales and association ilícita linked to the “zona roja,” with hearings set for October 24 and 31 and a separate femicide case still pending elevation.