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Motorhome with family inside hijacked in Mar del Plata

22.01.2026 04:20 22 min 44 sources РУС
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Motorhome with family inside hijacked in Mar del Plata
Original source: Diario La Capital de Mar del Plata

In Brief

Armed assailants stole a Toyota Hilux pickup with a motorhome in which a family from Mendoza was traveling. Two children were left on the roadside; the vehicles were later found abandoned.

Timeline

  • The incident occurred on Route 226 near Mar del Plata, Argentina.
  • Three armed assailants hijacked a Toyota Hilux pickup with an attached motorhome.
  • The owner's wife and two younger children were inside; two other children remained on the roadside.
  • The father clung to the towing hitch of the moving vehicle to stop the hijackers.
  • After 40 minutes, the children were found unharmed; the pickup and motorhome were found abandoned and ransacked.

Discrepancies in reports

According to some sources, two adults and two children were inside the motorhome; according to others, the family consisted of six people. The ages of the children left on the roadside are given as 6 and 8, 8 and 11, and also 2 to 9. The location where the abandoned vehicles were found is reported as either La Herradura or Hipódromo. The investigation is proceeding under the charge of armed robbery.

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