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When did fingerprinting begin?

In 1892 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Inspector Eduardo Alvarez made the first criminal fingerprint identification. He was able to identify Francisca Rojas, a woman who murdered her two sons and cut her own throat in an attempt to place blame on another person.

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