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World● Elevated6d ago · Oct 30, 2026, 9:27 PM

Returns home: biochemist from Esquel accused of holding his family captive at home was granted house arrest

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Miguel Battista (71) was charged with unlawful deprivation of liberty and abandonment of a person for holding his wife and children captive. The decision dismissed the Prosecutor's request to keep the suspect in jail.

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