Justice · Quimilí death inquiryQuimili woman found dead: María Luján Sosa identified, uncle held in inquiryAired November 9, 2026 at 1:46 PM UTCWatchTranscript0:07Police held Mar Aluj and Sosa's uncle after her body was found beside a highway.0:11Investigators are examining whether the thirty-five-year old woman was killed in an0:15act of gender-based violence.0:17They still have to determine how she died and whether anyone was responsible.0:21Sosa's body lay in a wooded, overgrown area beside National Route89 , about four or0:26five kilometers from Cuimil.0:27The city is in Argentina's Santiago del Estero province.0:30That distance describes the general area of the discovery.0:33Her body was found on Sunday morning, November eighth.0:36The location was also described as near the San Francisco neighborhood.0:40Police secured the place where Sosa was found and notified judicial authorities.0:44Local forensic officers were working at the scene as the investigation began.0:47Their work formed part of the effort to reconstruct what happened to her.0:51Judicial authorities from the provincial capital and a provincial police forensic0:55team were also expected to intervene.0:57Their involvement was still being awaited while local officers worked at the site.1:00The local criminalistics division, the police unit that examines physical evidence,1:04was handling the scene.1:06It operates under the Department of Citizen Security.1:08Further forensic examinations and judicial measures were pending as investigators1:13worked to clarify the circumstances of Sosa's death.1:15Sosa's body reportedly showed multiple blows.1:19Investigators were examining a possible femicide, a killing linked to gender based1:23violence.1:24An autopsy was expected in the coming hours to help determine how she died.1:27Police also held her uncle in connection with the investigation.1:30He was identified preliminarily as Marcelo Sosa, and his age was given as about1:34fifty.1:35Five, his custody was described with the Spanish word demorado, meaning held in1:39connection with the inquiry.1:40His formal legal status still needs clarification.1:43Being held and being Sosa's uncle don't prove that he caused her death.1:47One headline used stronger arrest language, while the accompanying account described1:51the same preliminary custody.1:52A formal criminal charge hasn't been confirmed.1:55The uncle had traveled from Buenos Aires to Santiago del Estero.1:58The timing differs between the two descriptions: days before the discovery in the2:02first, about a month before it in the later one.2:05That difference hasn't been resolved.2:07Investigators have identified Sosa and secured the discovery site, but the cause of2:11her death remains unclear.2:13The autopsy findings and a judicial decision on her uncle's status are the next2:16consequential steps.2:18Responsibility for her death has yet to be determined.Story timelineHeyDex
