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Criminal and legal proceedings in Latin America and Spain

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Criminal and legal proceedings in Latin ~~America, Spain, and-~~ America and Spain

Legal proceedings and criminal investigations continue across Latin America, Spain, and the United States, covering offenses such as homicide, sexual violence, theft, and fraud. In Argentina, judicial actions include a trial for a bus driver in Lomas de Zamora accused of intentionally running over a thief, and a woman under house arrest in Paraná for attempted aggravated homicide. Other cases involve a suspect detained for the 2020 femicide of Florencia Gómez in Las Flores, a grooming case in Cipolletti, and sexual abuse trials in Ushuaia and Trelew. In Punta Alta, Emanuel Alejandro Colo faces trial for a violent 2024 robbery involving the assault of a 71-year-old woman. Additionally, former directors of the 127 Hectáreas Cooperative in Neuquén face upcoming hearings regarding alleged repeated fraud. Recent developments in Argentina include the sentencing of priest Patricio Cruz Viale in Córdoba to 3 years and 4 months of prison for sexual abuse against a parishioner, though he remains under house arrest pending technical reports. The court mandated psychotherapeutic treatment for the priest, a member of the Schoenstatt Movement, following the reclassification of his charges. In ~~Trelew, teacher Roxana Ortega~~ Ushuaia, a man was sentenced to five years in prison for sexual abuse and fraud. Furthermore, businessman Marcelo Porcel is ~~undergoing~~ heading to oral trial ~~for~~ after a judge rejected motions to dismiss charges involving the ~~alleged~~ aggravated sexual abuse of ~~three~~ at least ten minors at Palermo Chico school. In Spain, a man was ordered into provisional imprisonment without bail after confessing to the murder of his 44-year-old ex-partner in a Murcia shopping center. In Panama, a teacher was found guilty of school harassment against five students. In Mexico, legal actions involve charges for attempted femicide and robbery in Sonora, as well as a killing investigation in Oaxaca. In Chile, a man is in preventive detention for a knifepoint robbery of a student in Punta Arenas. In Colombia, an individual was imprisoned for livestock theft in Altamira. In Puerto Rico, executives from Ganaderos Borges, Inc. have pleaded not guilty to federal charges concerning the illegal discharge of contaminated wastewater into the Caribbean Sea. In the United States, Lino Hernández, a pastor from the Coachella and Palo Verde valleys, pleaded not guilty to multiple felony charges, including aggravated sexual assault of a minor and forced penetration.

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