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Luis Fernando Iribarren, ‘Carnicero de Giles,’ Dies in Custody at 61

Officials said he succumbed to severe pneumonia at Hospital Mi Pueblo in Florencio Varela.

Overview

  • He died on February 22, but authorities disclosed the death several days later.
  • He was serving a life sentence at Unidad 31 for murdering his parents, two siblings and an aunt between 1986 and 1995.
  • Judicial decisions had granted him unescorted educational releases with geolocation monitoring to attend courses at the National University of La Plata.
  • He used one such leave to flee in 2024 and remained at large for more than 10 days before being recaptured in Santiago del Estero.
  • Police traced his location after a brief email login exposed his IP address, and during the flight he switched phones, drove an undocumented Peugeot 504 and traveled with his dog.