Source: BBC News [UK State Media]
“Thousands of people have taken part in an anti-femicide protest in Buenos Aires, demanding justice for a girl and two young women who were tortured and murdered in a crime that has shocked Argentina. The brutal killings of 15-year-old Lara Gutierrez, and Morena Verdi and Brenda del Castillo, who were both 20, were livestreamed on social media. Police believe a drug-trafficking gang was responsible, and that the crime was broadcast as a warning to others. They had arrested five suspects … but a 20-year-old Peruvian man they say is the group’s leader remains at large. The victims were lured into a van believing they were headed for a party on 19 September, according to investigators. But authorities said this was part of a plan to ‘punish’ the girl and young women for violating gang code, serving as a warning to others.” (09/28/25)