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Daily Mail
21-06-2025
- Daily Mail
Nurse jailed for life for killing of five babies and attempted murder of eight others at hospital in Argentina
A nurse who murdered five babies and tried to kill eight others at a hospital in Argentina has been jailed for life. Brenda Cecilia Aguero injected her victims with potassium and insulin stolen from emergency medical carts where there was no inventory control. The healthy babies were found dead at the neonatal ward of the maternity and child hospital in Cordoba province, 370 miles northwest of Buenos Aires, between March and June 2022. Eight others survived due to swift medical intervention. Under Argentine law, Aguero will not be eligible for parole before serving 35 years. The babies, all born healthy, died under initially unexplained circumstances at the neonatal ward of the maternity and child hospital in Cordoba province, 370 miles (600 km) northwest of Buenos Aires. The Argentine trial also brought charges against 10 other defendants, including former provincial officials and health professionals for cover-up and dereliction of duty. Those charged included a former health minister and secretary of health of Cordoba province, as well as the former hospital director. Aguero, who was arrested in 2022, denied the charges, earlier telling the court 'they have no evidence' and accusing media of portraying her as a 'serial killer.' Judge Patricia Soria, who presided over the case, shed tears as she read a statement of thanks to jurors at the end of the trial. Aguero was promptly led from the courtroom in handcuffs and transferred to Bouwer Prison near Cordoba following the conclusion of the trial this wee. Earlier, prosecutors had argued that Aguero was motivated by career ambitions, according to local outlet Infobae. She was said to have harmed the babies to be the first to detect their symptoms, raise the alarm, and impress her superiors in hopes of being promoted from the obstetrics ward to the neonatal unit. But the spate of sudden deaths and disturbing symptoms among the babies raised suspicions. Of the 13 victims examined, many bore unexplained puncture marks in areas not typically used for injections. Several had potassium and or insulin levels in their blood incompatible with life, which experts said could only have resulted from external injection, according to Infobae.
The Sun
20-06-2025
- The Sun
How ‘Argentina's Lucy Letby' murdered 5 newborns & tried to kill 8 more in chillingly similar case to UK's baby killer
A NURSE in Argentina has been sentenced to life in prison for ruthlessly murdering five newborns and trying to kill eight others. The case bears chilling similarities to that of Brit baby murderer Lucy Letby, the nurse who is serving 15 whole-life sentences for killing seven babies and attempting to murder seven more. 9 9 Brenda Cecilia Aguero, 29, stole deadly doses of potassium and insulin before injecting them into newborn babies between March and June of 2022, prosecutors said. Similarly, Letby was accused of injecting air and insulin into the babies, as well as overfeeding them milk - but has always maintained her innocence. Many have cast doubt over Letby's convictions and others suggest she was targeted in a 'witch hunt'. In the chilling Argentine case, newborns tragically died initially under unexplained circumstances in a maternity hospital in Cordoba province, north-west of Buenos Aires. Baby killer Aguero tried to murder eight other babies between March and June of 2022, but they managed to receive rapid, live-saving medical intervention, local media reports. The 29-year-old will serve at least 35 years in prison before being eligible for parole, under Argentine law. Aguero's mum, Cristina Nobile, mainains her daughter's innocence and told reporters she would continue to press to have her conviction overturned. She added: "My daughter is innocent, and I will continue fighting." Prosecutors alleged during the trial that Aguero's motivation behind the wicked killings was to further her career. They say that she attacked the newborns in order to be the first to notice their symptoms and consequently impress her bosses. But with five newborns dying within such a short space of time, the country's Health Ministry launched a probe. An alarming pattern was noticed, with babies having unexplained puncture marks in areas where injections weren't typically administered. Toxicology reports revealed that several of the babies had potassium or insulin levels that they couldn't have produced naturally. And prosecutors argued that Aguero was the only person present during all the harrowing incidents and has "exclusive proximity" to the mums and their babies. Aguero denied the charges and told the court "they have no evidence". She also accused the media of portraying her as a "serial killer". Ten other defendants, including the former health minister in Cordoba as well as the former hospital director, were accused of attempting to cover up the incidents and destroy evidence. Five were found guilty but received shorter sentences, and the five others were acquitted - including the former provincial officials, local media reported. 9 9 9 The case bears chilling similarities to that of Brit Letby, now 34, who was last year given a whole life order in prison for the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of seven more at Countess of Chester Hospital. During her ten-month trial, which ended last August when she received a whole life sentence, it was revealed she injected her victims with air or insulin, overfed them and physically abused them with medical tools. An application to appeal against her sentence was rejected in February of this year. She was convicted across two trials at Manchester Crown Court of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others. The 35-year-old from Hereford is serving 15 whole-life orders. She lost two attempts to challenged her convictions at the Court of Appeal last year. Separately, Dutch nurse Lucia de Berk was found guilty of killing seven and attempting to kill three of her young patients in 2003 and 2004. Just like Letby's case, prosecutors claimed the smoking gun evidence came from a string of 'sinister' diary entries — and hospital shift patterns which revealed she had been present at all of the deaths. 9 9 9 De Berk spent five years behind bars at Scheveningen prison before the case went to the appeal court and was acquitted in 2010. During police raids on Brit Letby's home after her arrest, officers took a specific interest in her diary, as well as other notes found in her bedroom. One such scrawling, which went on to form a key part of the case against her, said: 'I am evil, I did this.' It was emblazoned on a bright Post-It, alongside another saying: 'I killed them on purpose because I'm not good enough.' Her diary, meanwhile, found in a bedside drawer, was thought to have contained a sadistic trail of breadcrumbs. These included coloured asterisks, as well as initials and words added to days that occasionally coincided with the dates of deaths or attacks she was later found guilty of. Timeline of horror - how Letby targeted babies LUCY Letby carried out her horrific crimes over a 12-month period at Countess of Chester Hospital. She used insulin and air to inject newborns while working on the neo-natal ward. The collapses and deaths of the children were not 'naturally-occurring tragedies' and instead the gruesome work of 'poisoner' Letby. Her rampage was finally uncovered after staff grew suspicious of the "significant rise" in the number of babies dying or suffering "catastrophic" collapses. Letby was found to be the "common denominator" among the horrifying incidents. Officers then searched her three-bedroom home in Chester and discovered a chilling cache of evidence. The nurse had scribbled haunting notes in diaries and on Post-It notes, including one that read: "I am evil I did this." The note added: "I don't deserve to live. I killed them on purpose because I'm not good enough to care for them. "I am a horrible person." A probe into whether Letby harmed any other babies at the Countess of Chester Hospital and Liverpool Women's Hospital is ongoing. A corporate manslaughter investigation is also ongoing, as is now a gross negligence manslaughter one.
Sinar Daily
19-06-2025
- Health
- Sinar Daily
Argentine nurse gets life sentence for murder of five babies
The trial also brought charges against 10 other defendants including former provincial officials and health professionals for cover-up and dereliction of duty. 19 Jun 2025 04:55pm Photo for illustration purpose only. - 123RF photo BUENOS AIRES - A nurse was sentenced to life in prison for killing five babies and attempting to murder eight others at a hospital in Argentina, according to local media. Brenda Cecilia Aguero injected potassium and insulin into newborns between March and June 2022, taking doses from emergency medical carts without inventory control, prosecutors said. Under Argentine law, Aguero will not be eligible for parole before serving 35 years. The court clerk read out the sentencing in footage broadcast on local media on Wednesday. The babies, all born healthy, died under initially unexplained circumstances at the neonatal ward of the maternal and child hospital in Cordoba province, 370 miles (600 km) northwest of Buenos Aires. Eight others survived due to swift medical intervention. The trial also brought charges against 10 other defendants including former provincial officials and health professionals for cover-up and dereliction of duty. Those charged included a former health minister and secretary of health of Cordoba province, as well as the former hospital director. Aguero, who was arrested in 2022, denied the charges, earlier telling the court "they have no evidence" and accusing media of portraying her as a "serial killer." Of the other defendants, five were found guilty but received lesser sentences while five others were acquitted, including the former provincial officials, according to local outlet Infobae. - AFP More Like This
Telegraph
19-06-2025
- Telegraph
Argentine ‘Lucy Letby' jailed for murder of five babies
A nurse has been sentenced to life in prison for killing five babies and attempting to murder eight others at a hospital in Argentina. Brenda Cecilia Aguero injected potassium and insulin into newborns between March and June 2022, taking doses from emergency medical carts without inventory control, prosecutors said. The court clerk in Córdoba read out the sentencing in footage broadcast on local media on Wednesday. Under Argentine law, Aguero will serve at least 35 years in prison, at which point she will be eligible for parole, local media reported. The case in Argentina bears similarities to that of Lucy Letby in the UK. The British nurse is serving 15 whole-life orders after she was convicted of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder seven others, with two attempts on one of her victims, between June 2015 and June 2016. She was accused of injecting air and insulin into the babies, and overfeeding milk. But Letby has always maintained her innocence. The babies, all born healthy, died under initially unexplained circumstances at the neonatal ward of the maternal and child hospital in Cordoba province, 370 miles north-west of Buenos Aires. Eight others survived owing to swift medical intervention. Aguero's mother, Cristina Nobile, told reporters after the sentencing hearing that she would fight to have her daughter's conviction overturned. 'My daughter is innocent, and I will continue fighting,' she said. The trial also brought charges against 10 other defendants including former provincial officials and health professionals for cover-up and dereliction of duty. Those charged included a former health minister and secretary of health of Cordoba province, as well as the former hospital director. Aguero, who was arrested in 2022, denied the charges, earlier telling the court 'they have no evidence' and accusing the media of portraying her as a 'serial killer.' Of the other defendants, five were found guilty but received lesser sentences while five others were acquitted, including the former provincial officials, according to local outlet Infobae. It comes almost two years after Lucy Letby was first found guilty in the UK in August 2023. Letby, from Hereford, lost two bids last year to challenge her convictions at the Court of Appeal, in May for seven murders and seven attempted murders, and in October for the attempted murder of a baby girl, which she was convicted of by a different jury at a retrial. However, there are growing fears that her case could be a miscarriage of justice amid questions over how evidence was presented in her trials. In February this year, in an unprecedented intervention into the conviction, 14 world-leading experts in neonatology and child health reviewed the 17 deaths and collapses of infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital and found that all had medical explanations. Cheshire Constabulary is continuing a review of deaths and non-fatal collapses of babies at the neonatal units of the Countess of Chester and Liverpool Women's Hospital during Letby's time as a nurse from 2012 to 2016. A separate probe by the force into corporate manslaughter and gross negligence manslaughter at the Countess of Chester Hospital also remains ongoing. Lady Justice Thirlwall is due to publish the findings from her public inquiry in early 2026.
Khaleej Times
19-06-2025
- Health
- Khaleej Times
Argentine nurse gets life sentence for murder of five babies
A nurse was sentenced to life in prison for killing five babies and attempting to murder eight others at a hospital in Argentina, according to local media. Brenda Cecilia Aguero injected potassium and insulin into newborns between March and June 2022, taking doses from emergency medical carts without inventory control, prosecutors said. Under Argentine law, Aguero will not be eligible for parole before serving 35 years. The court clerk read out the sentencing in footage broadcast on local media on Wednesday. The babies, all born healthy, died under initially unexplained circumstances at the neonatal ward of the maternal and child hospital in Cordoba province, 370 miles (600 km) northwest of Buenos Aires. Eight others survived due to swift medical intervention. The trial also brought charges against 10 other defendants including former provincial officials and health professionals for cover-up and dereliction of duty. Those charged included a former health minister and secretary of health of Cordoba province, as well as the former hospital director. Aguero, who was arrested in 2022, denied the charges, earlier telling the court "they have no evidence" and accusing media of portraying her as a "serial killer." Of the other defendants, five were found guilty but received lesser sentences while five others were acquitted, including the former provincial officials, according to local outlet Infobae.
