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Three Arrested in Killing of 'El Francés' Viarnes as Pastor Held and Brother Sought

Prosecutors cite a planned debt settling revealed through a key witness, phone hits, municipal cameras.

Overview

  • Police detained three suspects in early-morning raids, including a local pastor linked to the Impacto church and two women tied to the victim’s home.
  • A fourth suspect, the pastor’s brother, eluded the operations and is being sought under a national capture order.
  • A witness described who carried out the attack and indicated the weapon’s possessor, steering investigators to treat the case as a premeditated settling of a debt.
  • Authorities traced movements through cell-tower data and municipal CCTV, which guided urgent searches at the church, an adjacent residence, and a property in La Capilla.
  • Investigators believe Viarnes was killed elsewhere and his body, found with six gunshot wounds in a Florencio Varela field, was later dumped at the site.