The event occurred this morning in Chacra 108 of that city, head of the General Güemes department, in the northwest of Chaco.
Police sources informed Télam that personnel from the Fire Division were alerted to a fire and went to the scene immediately, so the fire was extinguished.
Based on the data provided by the neighbors, the owner would be an 86-year-old man who sprayed his home and his neighbors who were sleeping outdoors with fuel and then set a fire. According to the sources, the suspect, identified as Antonino González, a Paraguayan national, was apprehended and treated at the Bicentennial Hospital for “burns of the auricular pavilion” with “intravenous treatment.”
In addition, a young woman named María Belén Romero (20) was transferred to the health center along with her three-month-old son, who died as a result of the injuries sustained.
The prosecutor on duty, Gerónimo Roggero, ordered the apprehension of the 86-year-old man and that the autopsy be carried out in the next few hours at the Roque Saenz Peña Presidency judicial morgue.
The judicial official ordered that the Cabinet personnel carry out the corresponding skills at the crime scene.
