Overview
- Judicial authorities confirmed the body found in a vacant lot in Florencio Varela is Juan Francisco “El Francés” Viarnes, 66.
- An autopsy found six close-range gunshots with a fatal wound to the aorta, leading investigators to treat the killing as an execution.
- Patrol officers discovered the victim without identification, and Policía Científica verified his identity by fingerprints.
- The UFI N°1 of Florencio Varela, led by prosecutor Provisionato, is pursuing lines of inquiry with a working hypothesis of an adjustment of accounts linked to his past, and no arrests have been reported.
- Viarnes was the informant behind the 2013 ‘narcoescándalo’ that toppled Córdoba police leadership, had used false identities, was captured in Paraguay in 2016, extradited in 2021, released in 2022, and had recently sought a false address to obtain a driver’s license.