A woman was ambushed while driving her truck and the thieves stole the money she had just received.

Three distinct criminal investigations and judicial outcomes were recently reported across Argentina and Ecuador, highlighting separate incidents of armed robbery, homicide, and gender-based violence. In Guaymallén, Mendoza, a 36-year-old woman was targeted by three armed suspects on Tuesday afternoon while driving her pickup truck, resulting in the theft of recently collected cash.

In a separate violent incident in the city of Córdoba, a 30-year-old man died on Wednesday afternoon after sustaining a stab wound during a public fight in the Cooperativa Los Paraísos neighborhood. Local authorities subsequently detained a 29-year-old male suspect in connection with the homicide.

Additionally, a judicial tribunal in Ecuador sentenced Héctor Oswaldo V. Ch. to 26 years in prison for the femicide of his mother. The conviction followed prosecution evidence that the perpetrator struck the victim in the head with a stone during the attack.