Overview
- Judge Leandro Lazzarini ordered the release of Máximo U., 18, with non-custodial measures that include a ban on social media use, no contact with the complainant, a fixed residence, a designated guardian and periodic check-ins with the MPA.
- Prosecutor Rosana Peresín charged him with coercive threats after Instagram messages targeted a young man who had posted calls for justice, with posts that included explicit intimidation.
- The accused acknowledged his conduct in court, saying he had “exploded,” expressed remorse and cited receiving threats himself on social media.
- An aunt of a 14-year-old suspect said on television that the boy admitted involvement to his mother and that the family handed him over with evidence, apologized to Jeremías’s relatives and called for lowering the age of imputability.
- The homicide probe continues with a 16-year-old girl in preventive detention, two younger teens considered non-punible under current law and additional imputations that include the detained teen’s mother, while the case keeps the juvenile justice reform debate active following a meeting with Senator Patricia Bullrich.