Chaco authorities detained two men aged 21 and 35 in connection with the presumed homicide of 82-year-old Bernabé Navarro, whose bicycle and body were found in a rural area near Villa Ángela. The case shifted from disappearance to homicide probe after over a month of searches.
Bernabé Navarro, 82, was last seen on January 31 leaving his home in Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, Chaco, on his bicycle. The disappearance prompted an intense nearly 50-day search involving over 200 people, yielding no initial results until recent operations near the former route 95 outside Villa Ángela. Police first found Navarro's bicycle and personal documents there, guiding further rastrillajes. With help from the Missing Persons Department and K-9 unit, they located his clothing and, meters ahead, his lifeless body in a wooded area, in advanced decomposition. The prosecutor ordered scene preservation and evidence collection, transferring the body to Resistencia for an autopsy to establish cause and time of death. Drawing on these findings, the prosecution detained two suspects aged 21 and 35, notifying them in the case now labeled “presumed homicide.” The probe points to a violent act, though specific roles remain undisclosed.
