The case of Luciana Muñoz's disappearance, which occurred on July 13, 2024, in the province of Neuquén, has been referred to Federal Justice following a request from the complaint, which maintains that there are elements to investigate the case for possible human trafficking. Judge of Guarantees Lucas Yancarelli recently ruled to declare the Provincial Justice incompetent in the Muñoz case and transfer the investigation to the federal jurisdiction. With this step, various operations began to find the young woman, and requests for her whereabouts, patrols, searches, and interviews were reactivated. The home of Maximiliano Avilez, the ex-partner of Luciana Muñoz, who has been missing since July 2024 in Neuquén province, was raided as part of a case for injuries, and he is prosecuted for the crime of false testimony in the investigation into the young woman's disappearance. In recent hours, personnel from the 20th Police Station in the Neuquén Industrial Park carried out a series of simultaneous raids at different points, as part of a judicial case for illegal weapons use and serious injuries, with the intervention of the Unit for Generic Prosecutorial Action. The procedures were carried out at three homes, and as a result of the operations, elements of interest to the case were seized and one person was detained, according to the Argentine News Agency. After the operations, it became known that one of the accused is Avilez, involved in the Muñoz case. The authorities, in the face of the doubt presented, explained that there is no relationship between the cases. The current investigation occurred in the early morning of January 14 when a 34-year-old man was shot in the chest, highlights the LM Neuquén medium. Luciana Muñoz, missing.
