Tag: Salta

• Monday, August 1st 2011 - 05:44 UTC

  Argentine police on the track of two French tourist packers killed in Salta

  

  Police in the Argentine north-west province of Salta reported to have two suspects following a wide search Sunday across the local area of San Lorenzo for the killer of the two French tourists whose bodies were found on Friday, officials reported.

• Friday, February 11th 2011 - 06:06 UTC

  Two more babies die of malnutrition in north Argentina: seven in 40 days

  

  Another two babies died of malnutrition in the Argentine northern province of Salta, totalling seven so far this year. They all belong to indigenous colonies in this case from the Wichi community living under subsistence conditions in non fertile areas of the province.

• Sunday, February 6th 2011 - 08:16 UTC

  Argentine aborigine children die of malnutrition and poor sanitary conditions

  

  An Argentine incumbent governor from the northern province of Salta admitted in a television interview that at least five children died of malnutrition last year and so far this year another case has been registered. Cases involve mostly the indigenous population.