In Bahía Blanca, Judge Claudia Olivera has ordered the preventive detention of Maximiliano Velázquez, who was arrested for the death of a woman and her daughter in a house fire. Velázquez, a relative of the victims, is accused of killing the two women and then setting the house on fire. According to the prosecutor, Jorge Viego, the crime should be classified as a femicide. Velázquez was apprehended shortly after the fire, and evidence, including a motorcycle and clothing smelling of fuel, was seized. Security cameras captured his movements through the city before his arrest.
Argentine Court Orders Pretrial Detention for Suspect in Double Murder
An Argentine judge ordered the pretrial detention of a man suspected of killing a woman and her daughter in a house fire in Bahía Blanca. The suspect, a relative of the victims, is accused of setting the fire after the murders. The prosecutor is framing the case as a femicide.