Overview
- The Juzgado Federal No. 2 of Morón was selected at a noon drawing to take over the case, with the file expected to arrive Monday from the San Martín appeals court.
- Judge Fernando Pinos Guevara approved moving the probe out of provincial court after prosecutor Adrián Arribas cited evidence of a narcotrafficking nexus.
- Preventive detention was ordered for eight defendants connected to the killings, including Víctor Sotacuro Lázaro, Matías Agustín Ozorio and Magalí Celeste González Guerrero.
- Alleged mastermind Joseph Freyser Cubas Zavaleta, known as “Señor J,” remains in PFA custody in Palermo under charges that include aggravated homicide and unlawful deprivation of liberty.
- Investigators count eleven people detained overall and are pursuing fugitives, with Interpol red notices for Alex Ydone Castillo, David Gustavo Huamani and Manuel Valverde Rodríguez.