Last December, at least one minor participated in the murder of 15-year-old Jeremías Monzón in Santa Fe. The victim’s corpse was found in a shed in the vicinity of the Club Colón sports grounds. An autopsy revealed Monzón had been stabbed more than 20 times.
The accused perpetrators are aged between 14 and 17, among them Jeremías’ former girlfriend, who was reportedly afraid that an intimate video may be shared publicly. The girl, age 16, is being held at a Special Juvenile Detention Centre. The teen’s mother was also arrested.
The murder of Monzón, which was reportedly filmed, shocked Argentine society, with the political world picking up the gauntlet. This week, the Executive Branch published Decree 53/2026 ordering the inclusion of “bills linked to the Juvenile Criminal Code”on the agenda of the extraordinary sessions of Congress starting next Monday.
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