Overview
- The two‑year‑old boy, Thiago Altamirano, was brought to hospital and later died after doctors found injuries they said were incompatible with a fall, and a judge ordered preventive detention for the mother and her partner following an imputación for homicide.
- The public prosecutor says the working hypothesis is that the partner caused death by asphyxia and the mother failed to prevent it, and investigators have ordered an autopsy plus forensic pericias with some findings kept under secreto de sumario.
- Court records show a December 2, 2025 ruling had already required the mother to abstain from violence, imposed police rounds and activated Secretaría de Primera Infancia oversight, raising questions about how those measures were followed in the months before Thiago’s death.
- Thiago’s ten‑month‑old brother Tobías was placed in the Hogar Cuna under a court 'control de legalidad' that starts a three‑month evaluation before any reintegration, and the children’s father has staged protests and demanded immediate restitution.
- Next steps include continued forensic work, scheduled hearings and a judicial review of the institutional response that could prompt administrative or procedural changes in child‑protection practice given past high‑profile failures.