Overview

• Argentina’s security minister credited Peru’s national police with apprehending two fugitives, including “Petit J,” after an international warrant was issued.
• Authorities now report nine arrests in total, following earlier detentions that included a woman taken into custody after a local TV interview and a suspect held near the Bolivian border.
• Investigators say the victims—Brenda del Castillo, Morena Verdi and Lara Gutiérrez—were lured on September 19, tortured, and found buried five days later in Florencio Varela.
• Officials describe the leading hypothesis as a drug‑related revenge killing, with preliminary autopsies confirming severe injuries inflicted before death.
• The torture was shown live to about 45 people in a closed social‑media group, though reports differ on whether the platform was TikTok or Instagram, and demonstrations have pressed for justice.