Explore 25 documented cases from Argentina. Each file separates established findings from allegations and unresolved questions, with a focus on investigation rather than graphic detail.
Wanda Taddei, 29, died in Buenos Aires in February 2010 after an attack by her husband Eduardo Vázquez. A trial court initially imposed 18 years with an emotion-violenta mitigation, but the Federal Criminal Cassation Court removed that mitigation, imposed life imprisonment for aggravated homicide by relationship, and Argentina's Supreme Court left the life sentence final in 2014.
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Cecilia Strzyzowski disappeared in Chaco in June 2023. A jury convicted César Sena as the author of her aggravated homicide and his parents as primary participants; all three received life sentences in February 2026.
Open case file →Carolina Aló was murdered in Tigre in 1996. Fabián Tablado was convicted of simple homicide in 1998 and received a 24-year sentence that was confirmed on appeal.
Open case file →Fourteen-year-old Chiara Páez was murdered in Rufino in 2015. Manuel Mansilla was found responsible for femicide; his prison term was later reduced under juvenile-sentencing rules.
Open case file →Seventeen-year-old footballer Lucas González was shot by Buenos Aires city police in 2021. Three officers received life sentences for aggravated murder, confirmed on appeal in 2025.
Open case file →Marita Verón disappeared in Tucumán in 2002. Ten defendants were later convicted in connection with her aggravated retention and concealment for sexual exploitation, but her whereabouts remain unknown.
Open case file →Fifteen-year-old Natalia Melmann was murdered in Miramar in 2001. Four police officers have received life sentences, while investigators continue seeking an additional unidentified participant.
Open case file →Axel Blumberg was kidnapped in Greater Buenos Aires in 2004 and killed after several days in captivity. Federal courts later convicted multiple members of the kidnapping group.
Open case file →Micaela García was murdered in Gualeguay in 2017. Sebastián Wagner is serving life imprisonment, while Néstor Pavón faces a new trial scheduled for late 2026 over his alleged role.
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The 1994 killing of a young conscript in Zapala produced final homicide convictions and exposed unresolved institutional-cover-up questions inside compulsory military service.
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Carlos Robledo Puch committed a rapid series of robberies and killings as a teenager and young adult in the Buenos Aires area.
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The Puccio family operated a kidnapping-for-ransom scheme from an affluent home in San Isidro during Argentina's return to democracy.
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Sixteen-year-old Ángeles Rawson disappeared after returning to her apartment building in Buenos Aires and was later found dead at a waste-processing site.
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Photojournalist José Luis Cabezas was abducted and murdered after photographing powerful businessman Alfredo Yabrán, who had long avoided public images.
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Nora Dalmasso was found dead in her home in Río Cuarto in 2006, beginning a prolonged investigation marked by changing theories and intense media attention.
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Eleven-year-old Candela Rodríguez disappeared near her home in 2011 and was found dead after a highly publicized search.
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Five-year-old Lucio Dupuy died after sustained abuse in a case that generated widespread outrage across Argentina.
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Dentist Ricardo Barreda killed his wife, two daughters and mother-in-law at the family home in La Plata in 1992.
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Eight men were convicted after the 2020 group killing of 18-year-old Fernando Báez Sosa in Villa Gesell.
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The 2004 nightclub fire killed 194 people; final criminal proceedings established responsibility for multiple private actors and public officials.
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The 1990 murder of a 17-year-old student in Catamarca triggered silent marches, a political crisis and final convictions confirmed by Argentina's Supreme Court.
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Nahir Galarza received life imprisonment for the 2017 homicide. The conviction became final through the ordinary appellate route; an extraordinary revision request was filed in 2026.
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The bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center killed 85 people; major judicial findings exist, while the criminal process against accused fugitives remains incomplete.
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