Overview
- A San Lorenzo court found a 17-year-old criminally responsible for simple homicide in his brother’s death, with Judge Fabiola Piemonte issuing the verdict under the new juvenile code.
- Under the juvenile process, the court rules on guilt first and sets the penalty in a later hearing.
- Prosecutors said the killing happened during a fight over a pair of sneakers, and they argued the teen acted with full awareness.
- The stabbing occurred on July 8, 2025, at the family home in Capitán Bermúdez, and 21-year-old Rubén Arévalo died after surgery at Hospital Eva Perón.
- Comando Radioeléctrico officers detained the then-16-year-old within days, and the MPA sent him to the CAD after a charge by fiscal Romina Cocomazzi and a 45-day preventive order from Judge Eugenio Romanini.