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Two Men Detained in Neuquén After 62-Year-Old Was Set on Fire Inside His Home

Prosecutors say forensic evidence, video footage, plus witness accounts support a provisional homicide case with possible aggravation.

Overview

  • The victim, Juan Aníbal Pino, 62, was found carbonized in his house on Libertad 700 after a blaze that began around 7:40 p.m.
  • Investigators allege the men accompanied Pino home after a church lunch, a fight left him unconscious from a severe head injury, and a fire was then set while he was still alive.
  • Evidence cited includes CCTV placing the suspects near the home as smoke appeared, autopsy findings that Pino was alive when the fire started, injuries on suspect J.A.P., and a witness to the prior dispute.
  • A judge ordered preventive detention: J.A.P. for four months and F.A.S. for one month, with a four-month investigation period set for the case.
  • Authorities applied provisional charges of homicidio simple as co-authors and cautioned the legal classification could be upgraded as the inquiry advances.