Overview

• Police found the bodies of Morena Verri, Brenda del Castillo and Lara Gutiérrez in a Florencio Varela house five days after they vanished.
• Four suspects were caught cleaning the scene, with subsequent arrests bringing the tally to at least 12, and prosecutors pursuing the alleged ringleader known as “Pequeño J.”
• Investigators say parts of the torture and killings were broadcast to about 45 viewers inside a private Instagram account, a detail traced through a detainee’s confession.
• The young women were lured into a pickup in La Tablada under the pretense of attending an event, and preliminary forensics indicate they were killed that same night.
• The case has prompted protests in multiple cities, with feminist groups calling a national march on Saturday under the slogan “Nenhuma vida é descartável.”