Overview

• Interpol requested a Red Notice for Matías Agustín Ozorio, identified as the right‑hand man of the alleged gang leader “Pequeño J,” in the killings of Brenda Del Castillo, Morena Verri and Lara Gutiérrez.
• Four detainees were formally charged under secrecy orders, the victims’ lawyer said he will meet the new prosecutor Adrián Arribas, and the defense seeks to move the case to federal courts.
• Police operations at the suspected base in Villa 21‑24 seized cash and other items, while investigators describe “Pequeño J,” a 23‑year‑old Peruvian, as the alleged intellectual author with an arrest order.
• National and opposition figures escalated the political dispute over responsibility for security, with Patricia Bullrich and José Luis Espert criticizing Buenos Aires Province’s handling of narcomenudeo.
• Related accountability drives advanced across the region, including Argentina’s new fentanyl commission chaired by Mónica Fein, fresh Ayotzinapa demands for Army files and extraditions in Mexico, and an Ecuador prison clash that left at least 17 inmates dead.