Overview
- César Sena and his parents, Marcela Acuña and Emerenciano Sena, received life sentences for the 2023 femicide of Cecilia Strzyzowski, with three collaborators sentenced for aggravated or simple concealment.
- The stalled bid to reestablish talks over a police pay and conditions protest in Rosario deepened tensions, as Santa Fe sanctioned at least 20 officers and prosecutors opened criminal inquiries into alleged abandonment of duty and abuse of authority.
- After briefly advancing a proposal to set criminal responsibility at 13, the government withdrew the draft and set a Feb. 12 Lower House session to debate a new juvenile regime, with allies pressing for a 14-year threshold and funding details under scrutiny.
- Catamarca’s Court annulled the jury verdict against José Javier Aguilar in the killing of police officer Diego Chávez due to a procedural error by the trial judge; officials met the victim’s family and a new jury process was reprogrammed for Feb. 20.
- In Peru, authorities detained the parents of a one-month-old with severe injuries in Nuevo Chimbote as protection measures were ordered, and President José Jerí said a National Citizen Security Plan will be presented to Conasec on Feb. 12.