Ezequiel Curaba, 21, was electrocuted while trying to steal cables in Rosario. Curaba died a day and a half later, after multiple organ failure, with 90% of his body burned.
A kilo of copper is paid between 6,000 and 7,000 pesos in the metal works. In Rosario alone, the highest point on the map for this type of robbery, 95 people have been arrested since the beginning of the year. Telecom estimated that in that city and since 2020, more than 150 tons of copper were stolen through cable theft.