La Plata is in outrage over the death of Kim Gómez, a 7-year-old girl who was killed on Tuesday night after two teenagers threw her from her mother’s moving car after they had robbed it.

City residents  marched through downtown La Plata on Wednesday holding banners demanding “Justice for Kim” and more security measures. While one group of protesters headed to the Buenos Aires province government building, another ended the march at the funeral home where the family was mourning the girl.

Marcos Gómez, Kim’s father, told the press that his wife, Florencia, was driving back home from a gym class with the girl sitting on the backseat when they stopped at a red light and two minors aged 14 and 17 forced the woman out. “They opened [Florencia’s] door, threw her on the ground and left driving the car,” he said, as shown on news channel C5N.

However, the girl was still inside the car. According to Marcos, three blocks after the robbers sped out Kim fell from the car. “For some reason, she fell and was dragged.”

Witnesses reportedly said the pair threw Kim out of the moving car, although it’s still unclear what happened. However, the girl got stuck with the seatbelt and was dragged for around 14 blocks until the car hit a lamppost and fell into a ditch.

“I had the perfect daughter, and they killed her,” Marcos said.

La Plata news outlets reported that a delivery driver who saw the situation ran after them, honking his horn to let them know the girl was being dragged. A neighbor also picked up  Kim’s mother following the burglary and began following the robbers.

The teenagers were unscathed following the crash and ran from the place. They were arrested a few hours later when the father of the oldest one told police where to find them.

The 17-year-old was charged with homicide while committing a robbery by La Plata juvenile crime prosecutor Carmen Ibarra. However, the other boy’s legal situation remains undecided  given that, at 14, he cannot be charged or go to prison.

The tragic situation sparked comments from members of the Milei administration who have been calling to lower the legal age at which minors can be held accountable for crimes to 13. “One of the criminals is 14, and under current legislation, he won’t go to prison. He’ll be free tomorrow to kill again,” Justice Minister Mariano Cúneo Libarona wrote in an X post on Wednesday.

Security Minister Patricia Bullrich called to approve the Juvenile Crime Regimen the government filed last year. “We can’t continue to allow the impunity of underage criminals, and much less from recidivists.”

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