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  • Saturday, January 20th 2024 - 10:39 UTC

    Ecuadorean druglord family found in Argentina and deported back to Ecuador

    It is very typical of gang leaders to find a safe place for their families so that they are not involved in criminal behavior, Bullrich explained

    Law enforcement officers in the Argentine province of Córdoba raided a residence in an exclusive country club and arrested the wife and children of Ecuadorean druglord Alfonso Macías, alias “Fito,” whose escape from jail earlier this month triggered a wave of unprecedented violence nationwide.

  • Friday, December 22nd 2023 - 10:03 UTC

    Six protesters arrested in Argentine city of Córdoba

    Police launched teargas and fired rubber bullets against the cacerolazo

    At least six people were arrested Thursday by law enforcement officers in the Argentine city of Córdoba after clashes with protesters downtown as they marched against President Javier Milei's decree while other pot-banging demonstrations were staged in Buenos Aires and other cities nationwide such as Mar del Plata, Bariloche, Rosario, Luján, Tandil, Puerto Madryn, and Junín.

  • Wednesday, October 11th 2023 - 07:51 UTC

    Argentine province of Córdoba gripped by wildfires

    Authorities in the Argentine province of Córdoba are increasingly concerned about multiple outbreaks of forest fires ravaging the departments of Santa María, Punilla, Totoral, Minas, and San Justo, leaving the district in a state of emergency, it was reported.

  • Friday, July 21st 2023 - 10:33 UTC

    Airport in Argentina closed due to bomb threat

    “We could have brought a bomb,” check-in agents were reportedly told

    The Ingeniero Ambrosio Taravella International Airport serving the Argentine city of Córdoba was closed Thursday after a bomb threat on a Latam Airlines flight bound for Lima, Peru, which in the end departed at 10.53 am instead of at 8.05 am.

  • Monday, June 26th 2023 - 08:26 UTC

    Tight win for ruling party in Argentine province of Córdoba

    Llaryora claimed victory at 2 am Monday

    After Sunday's gubernatorial elections in the Argentine province of Córdoba, Martín Llaryora of the ruling front led by Governor Juan Schiaretti was congratulated as the winner by politicians from almost every party.

  • Tuesday, October 4th 2022 - 10:00 UTC

    Argentina to be able to place satellites into orbit

    “More satellite information will allow us to generate better living conditions here, in our land,” Fernández explained

    Argentine President Alberto Fernández Monday took center stage during the ceremony marking the start of the development of the satellite launcher Tronador II project at the Teófilo Tabanera Space Center in the province of Córdoba where a contract was signed between the National Commission of Space Activities (CONAE) and the company VENG.

  • Thursday, September 8th 2022 - 09:51 UTC

    Córdoba's Neonatal Maternal Hospital: janitors find 12-week fetus

    Several irregularities are taking place at that particular healthcare facility

    Maintenance workers at Córdoba's Neonatal Maternal Hospital found the remains of a fetus in a septic chamber, it was reported Wednesday. It is the same healthcare facility where at least 5 newborns died in mysterious circumstances earlier this year and for which a nurse has been arrested last month.

  • Monday, August 22nd 2022 - 09:05 UTC

    Arrest made in case of poisoned babies in Argentina

    Agüero is believed to have acted intentionally, Garzón explained

    A 27-year-old nurse has been arrested in the Argentine city of Córdoba in connection with the mysterious deaths of at least 5 newborn babies at a local maternity hospital.

  • Friday, August 12th 2022 - 21:07 UTC

    Newborns kept dying in mysterious circumstances in Argentine city

    There have been cases of serial baby killers at hospitals elsewhere but this would be Argentina's first

    The death of at least 5 newborn babies between May and June in a hospital in the Argentine city of Córdoba has made the news nationwide. There may be more cases, it was reported. Pending investigations, staff at the Maternal Neonatal Dr. Ramón Carrillo Hospital have been relieved from duty.

  • Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 09:30 UTC

    Pepe Mujica receives yet another honorary university degree

    The former President has 23 honorary degrees

    Former Uruguayan President (2010-2015) José Mujica has been awarded Wednesday an honorary doctorate from the Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto (UNRC) in the Argentine province of Córdoba for being “one of the main voices critical of savage capitalism.” Teachers, authorities, and students of the UNRC proposed the distinction for Mujica's “extensive career in political and social militancy.”

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