Overview

• Authorities say the murders were a disciplinary act ordered by a transnational drug‑trafficking network and have issued an arrest warrant for a 23‑year‑old known as “Pequeño J” or “Julito.”
• Police report 12 detainees in total, including four suspects found cleaning the Florencio Varela crime scene, while forensic and digital analyses continue.
• Officials state the torture and killings were streamed to a private Instagram group of about 45 viewers, a channel identified through a detainee’s confession.
• The victims were identified as Brenda del Castillo, 20, Morena Verri/Verdi, 20, and Lara Gutiérrez, 15, with preliminary findings indicating they were killed hours after being lured into a vehicle in La Tablada.
• Large demonstrations have spread across multiple cities, and feminist organizations have called a national march for Saturday under the slogan “Nenhuma vida é descartável.”