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‘They hugged him’: new footage shows Mali and Liel after being found in Argentina
Ynetnews • • world
Key Points:
- New footage shows Mali and Liel Yahalomi with Israeli police officer Walter Kogan shortly after being found in Buenos Aires following nearly a week of searching; the women were highly emotional upon reunion.
- Investigators believe financial distress and the strong mother-daughter bond motivated their disappearance, with evidence including a large cash withdrawal and a message from Liel expressing willingness to go anywhere with her mother.
- Police ruled out bank theft after checking Mali’s workplace but are investigating possible money taken from the grandmother and signs of premeditation such as deleting phone data and staged photos in Vienna.
- The journey began in Czechia, with phones purchased anonymously, then continued through Vienna and Germany before flying to Argentina; the pair’s last phone location was near a Vienna train station.
- Authorities suspect Buenos Aires was not their final destination and acted quickly to locate them before they could enter a country with less law enforcement cooperation, complicating efforts to find them.
