Overview
- Security Minister Patricia Bullrich said Peruvian police and Interpol detained Matías Agustín Ozorio in Lima, describing him as the right-hand man of the suspect known as “Pequeño J.”
- Tony Janzen Valverde Victoriano, alias “Pequeño J,” is identified by Argentine investigators as the alleged mastermind of the Florencio Varela killings and remains a fugitive under an international arrest request.
- A handwritten anonymous note naming a purported accomplice, “Emanuel Nicolás,” was left at a Barracas police station; prosecutor Adrián Arribas seized the letter and ordered a review of security cameras.
- Investigators say the three victims were lured to a house, tortured and murdered in what provincial authorities have characterized as a narco revenge attack, with claims of a live broadcast still under judicial review.
- Several suspects are in custody in Argentina as phones and other seized evidence undergo forensic analysis, and two detainees linked to a support vehicle have given statements in the case.