Man Violates House Arrest 34 Times in 25 Days, Sent to Prison for Attempted Homicide

A man accused of attempted homicide will remain in preventive detention after repeatedly violating his house arrest. The Court of Appeals confirmed the decision, which was initially made by a lower court judge on May 19. The man had been under house arrest with an electronic monitoring device since his formal charges on November 27, 2025, for an attempted homicide that occurred on November 2, 2025. Prosecutors stated the device registered 34 violations within a mere 25-day period. Some violations were brief, while others were prolonged, raising significant concerns for the prosecution. The prosecution argued that house arrest was no longer sufficient to mitigate procedural risks, especially given the vulnerability of the victim. The victim, who was living in a tent, survived a gunshot to the head during the attack. He identified the accused as his assailant after recovering. The victim reported being beaten with a metal bar before being shot in the face without warning by the accused, who was accompanied by at least three other individuals. Witnesses in the vicinity corroborated hearing the gunshot and placed the accused at the scene, with one witness reporting seeing four people arrive in a vehicle and flee immediately after the attack. The measure of preventive detention is set to expire on August 20.

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The attack occurred on November 2, 2025, around 2:30 p.m., in an undeveloped area located at Teniente Galeano and Ovidio Fernández, near Punta de Rieles.