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Argentine Nurse Sentenced for Murdering Five Infants

6/20/2025

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Brenda Cecilia Aguero, an Argentine nurse, received a life sentence for the chilling murders of five infants and the attempted murder of eight more between March and June 2022. Her method involved injecting lethal substances like potassium and insulin into vulnerable newborns. This harrowing case echoes the crimes of UK nurse Lucy Letby, as ten others are implicated in a cover-up.

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Brenda Cecilia Aguero, an Argentine nurse, received a life sentence for the chilling murders of five infants and the attempted murder of eight more between March and June 2022. Her method involved injecting lethal substances like potassium and insulin into vulnerable newborns. This harrowing case echoes the crimes of UK nurse Lucy Letby, as ten others are implicated in a cover-up.