Daniel Osvaldo Malacalza (66) was shot in the abdomen. His wife found him dead on the bed in the room.
He was the manager of El Chamallue, near Venado Tuerto, owned by a family from the city of Buenos Aires. According to investigators, those who killed him had information that, the day before, he had completed a sale of cattle, which they are now trying to determine if it was done formally or "in the dark" The criminals also took firearms: shotguns, carbines and revolvers.