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Alleged Narco-Femicide Ringleader Captured in Peru After Livestreamed Killings in Argentina

Prosecutors are pursuing extradition after police identified a drug-gang revenge plot as the motive.

Overview

  • Peruvian police detained Tony Janzen Valverde Victoriano, 20, known as Little J, near Lima after he fled Buenos Aires.
  • Authorities in Peru also arrested alleged associate Matias Agustín Ozorio, and Argentina says the total number of detainees has reached nine.
  • Officials say the victims — cousins Morena Verdi and Brenda del Castillo, both 20, and 15-year-old Lara Morena Gutiérrez — were tortured and killed in Florencio Varela, with the attack streamed to a closed group of about 45 viewers.
  • Investigators characterize the case as a narco-femicide ordered in retaliation for roughly three kilos of allegedly stolen cocaine.
  • Forensic analysis and reviews of phone data and CCTV are ongoing, and Peruvian, Argentine and Interpol teams are coordinating transfers as public protests press for accountability.