Rosario: There were two murders in less than seven hours and investigate the reasons

Rosary He is living a violent start of the year. This Saturday morning, there were Two homicides in different parts of the port city in less than sietes hours. In both cases, investigating the reasons for crimes.

After midnight on Saturday, Luis Joaquín del Valle (28) was shot while he was near the door of his home. According to witnesses, the murderers were transported on a motorcycle at the time of the crime, which occurred in the Servando Bayo area to 1900, west of the city.

After the shooting, the neighbors themselves transferred Del Valle to the Clemente Álvarez Emergency Hospital (Heca), although the doctors could do little since he died hours later. Had gravity wounds in the thorax and abdomenand in the scene they found 14 pods served 9 mm caliber.

Only seven hours later, witnesses saw a man lying on public roads on Sabin Avenue at 1400. After notice to the authorities, the victim was identified as Gonzalo David Pereyra (27). Then they found their death and revealed that it presented skull trauma and a firearm wound on the face.

In both cases, information from neighbors and witnesses were collected, while the investigation continues in order to clarify the reasons for crimes and their authors.

Rosario: 11 homicides so far this year, four linked to drug trafficking

So far from 2025, they were recorded 17 Homicides in the province of Santa Fe, being 11 of them in Rosarioa city marked by violence and drug trafficking. In fact, At least four of the criminal events have links with narco bands.

In detail, these crimes were those of Gerardo Mesawhich took place in a settlement by Rubén Darío to 2000; the one of Agustín de la Encinaimprisoned and killed in the Piñero prison; and also the double crime of Antonella Echavarría29 years old, and Marcela Gorosito55 years in the Republic of La Sexta neighborhood.

In the case of a table, the responsibility would have the band of Fran Riquelme in its eagerness to lead the sale of drugs in the sector. In the case of De la Encina, his death is under investigation, whose cause includes the arrest of two agents of the penitentiary service. Finally, one of the victims of double crime, Gorosito, was the mother of a convict related to the organization of René Ungaro.

Under that frame, the numbers are almost quadded compared to January 2023, even with two remaining weeks. Also, the violent records of last year – in recent times they had dropped – cause fear of a new wave of homicides in the city of Santa Fe.