Overview
- Argentine and Peruvian officials announced the arrest of the suspect known as "Petit J" and another fugitive, identified as Matias Ozorio, bringing total detentions in the case to nine.
- Peruvian police located "Petit J" in a fish-transport truck near Chilca after he traveled from Argentina through Bolivia with Trujillo as his apparent destination.
- Investigators link the murders to drug-trafficking groups, describing the case as a narco-feminicide that was meant to intimidate members of a criminal network.
- Victims Morena Verdi and Brenda del Castillo, both 20, and Lara Gutiérrez, 15, were lured to a house in Florencio Varela; their torture was streamed to a closed social-media group reportedly viewed by about 45 people.
- Thousands marched in Buenos Aires led by Ni Una Menos as forensic work and cross-border investigations continue into the killings and those who watched the broadcast.