Alleged Mastermind Detained in Peru in Argentine Triple Femicide Case

Overview

• Peruvian police captured Tony Janzen Valverde, known as “Pequeño J,” 20, and Argentine national Matías Ozorio, 28, near Lima after an intelligence-led search.
• Officials said Valverde faces extradition proceedings and Ozorio is to be expelled to Argentina as the investigation continues.
• Prosecutors accuse the pair of aggravated homicide with premeditation, cruelty, treachery and gender-based violence in the murders of Morena Verdi, Brenda del Castillo and Lara Gutiérrez.
• Authorities report nine suspects in custody to date, including a detainee seized in Bolivia and a man accused of digging the well where the victims were buried.
• Investigators say the killings were ordered as a narcotrafficking “disciplinary” message over an alleged drug theft and were streamed to about 45 users in a closed group.