Overview

• Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof asked President Javier Milei to urgently call a national meeting of governors to coordinate a federal anti‑narcotics strategy backed by investment in resources.
• The case was judicially classified as qualified homicide with aggravating factors, and Kicillof described the triple killing of Lara Gutiérrez, Brenda del Castillo and Morena Verdi as a ‘narcofemicidio’.
• Provincial officials report six detainees and six additional suspects identified after the victims’ bodies were found at a house in Florencio Varela within days of the disappearance report.
• Security Minister Javier Alonso said the crime was staged and livestreamed on Instagram to project the gang’s power, and cited intelligence on money transfers to Peru and a link to a detainee known as Marco Antonio while forces search for the suspect ‘Pequeño J’.
• Authorities describe a young, cross‑jurisdictional structure with activity in Bajo Flores, Villa 21‑24 and Barracas, as families criticize the governor for lack of contact and plan protests demanding accountability.