12 dead from cocaine poisoning in Argentina

Twelve people died and 50 were hospitalized in serious condition on Wednesday after taking allegedly adulterated cocaine near Argentina's capital Buenos Aires. The police began a frantic search for more cocaine from the same dealer to prevent further casualties.

The main hypothesis is that the drug was intentionally adulterated in the context of a war between drug gangs. Experts are still analyzing the drug to determine the cause of the poisonings. Police identified "Puerta 8" neighborhood in the district of San Martín - a suburb to the north of the Argentine capital - as the place from which the drug was sold, and a dozen people were arrested in a raid there.