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Salta Parents Detained, Provisionally Charged Over Severe Injuries to 8-Month-Old

Prosecutors moved forward after hospital alerts on multiple injuries, and the baby remains in pediatric intensive care as forensic work continues.

Overview

  • Police executed a court-authorized search in Villa Lavalle that resulted in the detention of both parents.
  • Prosecutors issued provisional imputations for aggravated serious injuries due to the parental bond (lesiones graves agravadas por el vínculo).
  • The father also faces an imputation for coercion stemming from a related complaint filed by a relative.
  • The infant was brought to the Hospital Público Materno Infantil on March 5 by SAMEC with convulsions and was admitted to the pediatric ICU.
  • An interdisciplinary team reported conflicting accounts about living arrangements and caregiving, and additional medical studies are underway to assess the injuries.