Overview
- Residents recorded three men chasing and striking the capybara with a metal bar, then placing a rope around its neck and attempting to drag it toward a vehicle.
- The Municipality of Ezeiza’s fauna team sedated the animal on site and transferred it for treatment, with officials describing serious head trauma.
- Ezeiza’s Environment Secretariat initiated proceedings for animal mistreatment under Argentina’s Law 14.346.
- The Lares neighborhood administration says the alleged attackers are third‑party maintenance workers, will bar their access, and plans to file a criminal complaint.
- Witnesses report a security guard observed the assault without intervening, as residents and animal groups call for firm sanctions.