Overview

• The Buenos Aires provincial security minister says the tortures were streamed on Instagram to 40–45 viewers and called the suspect “un desquiciado.”
• Judicial authorities issued an arrest warrant for the 23-year-old Peruvian known as “Pequeño J” and ordered the detention of his alleged lieutenants.
• Investigators report that evidence recovered from the Florencio Varela house pointed to the suspect, and officials say a burial pit had been dug before the abductions.
• The victims were identified as Morena Verri, 20, Brenda del Castillo, 20, and Lara Gutiérrez, 15, who were filmed entering a white van later found burned.
• Local reports say police searched a suspected bunker in Barracas as prosecutors enlist specialized anti-narcotics units to expand the case.