Overview

• Judge Fernando Pinos Guevara of Guarantees Court No. 4 in La Matanza ordered the international detention of 50-year-old Peruvian national Alex Roger Ydone Castillo for aggravated triple femicide.
• Police raided Castillo’s home hours after the warrant was issued, and he remains a fugitive as authorities seek Interpol action to detain him.
• Investigators allege the killings were retaliation for the theft of 30 kilos of cocaine attributed to Castillo.
• Detained witness Florencia Ibáñez, Castillo’s partner and niece of a victim, told prosecutors he owned the drugs and was in the area the night of the murders, and a video still submitted by prosecutors shows him with “Pequeño J” and others.
• Castillo is now listed alongside fugitives David Gustavo Morales Huamani and Manuel David Valverde Rodríguez, and records show he was detained on an Interpol red notice in 2020, released for COVID-19 humanitarian reasons, and not extradited after Peru missed the 60-day filing deadline.