Piparo

Piparo did, with her mother, carefully putting $13,250 in her purse.

Durangoherald.com 2010

Piparo had saved for years with her husband to buy a home to raise their baby in.

Durangoherald.com 2010

The attack on Piparo in provincial La Plata prompted anti-crime marches and no end of fingerpointing by police and politicians.

SFGate: Top News Stories By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA 2010

The July 29 attack that left Piparo comatose and killed her child added to a toll of thousands of crime victims - 4,998 reported "withdrawal robberies" in the first half of this year alone, said Louis Vicat, a security consultant who keeps track privately because the government hasn't published detailed crime statistics since 2007.

Durangoherald.com 2010

Piparo had saved for years with her husband to buy a home to raise their baby in.

SFGate: Top News Stories By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA 2010

Piparo is now slowly recovering and seven people have been arrested, but many Argentines remain furious that they are exposed to such risks.

SFGate: Top News Stories By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA 2010

Meanwhile, even the Piparo case has generated little more than outrage and empty promises so far.

SFGate: Top News Stories By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA 2010

Piparo to the ground and shot her in the face and chest as she begged them to just take the money.

SFGate: Top News Stories By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA 2010

Piparo did, with her mother, carefully putting $13,250 in her purse.

SFGate: Top News Stories By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA 2010

The July 29 attack that left Piparo comatose and killed her child added to a toll of thousands of crime victims - 4,998 reported "withdrawal robberies" in the first half of this year alone, according to Louis Vicat, a security consultant who keeps track privately because the government hasn't published detailed crime statistics since 2007.

SFGate: Top News Stories By ALMUDENA CALATRAVA 2010