Overview
- Investigators from the Guaymallén Investigative Unit arrested 24-year-old Luciana Ayelén Mañaz Saldaña inside Finca Badano in the El Bermejo district after weeks on the run.
- Police say she had been on home detention for an aggravated taxi robbery conviction when, in February, she broke the electronic ankle monitor and left with her newborn.
- After the arrest, officers took her first to Comisaría 9° and then to a temporary detention center, where she remains under Tribunal Penal Colegiado Nº 1 led by Judge Diego Lusverti.
- Relatives are caring for the baby while the court determines the mother’s procedural status and custody conditions.
- Records detail prior police cases since 2023 and a June 2025 holdup near Hospital Notti, and the court granted house arrest so she could care for her newborn.