7th suspect arrested in Argentina murder case, where 3 women’s killings were live streamed
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Ms Paula Fabero, Brenda del Castillo's mother, during a march in Buenos Aires on Sept 27 to call for justice after her daughter and two other young women were tortured and murdered.
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BUENOS AIRES - Argentine police announced on Sept 29 the arrest of a seventh suspect in the gruesome murder of three young women
The bodies of 20-year-old cousins Morena Verdi and Brenda del Castillo, and 15-year-old Lara Gutierrez were found on Sept 24, buried in the yard of a house in a southern suburb of Buenos Aires, five days after they went missing.
The crime, which investigators tied to drug gangs, was allegedly perpetrated live on Instagram and watched by 45 members of a private account, officials said.
On Sept 29, police announced the arrest of a young woman following an interview she gave to a local television station.
The suspect was reportedly seen in a car belonging to her uncle, who was arrested on Sept 26 in Bolivia, near the Argentine border, on suspicion of providing logistical support for transporting the young victims.
The house where the bodies of Brenda del Castillo, Morena Verdi and Lara Gutierrez were found buried in the yard on Sept 24.
PHOTO: AFP
On Sept 24, two men and two women were arrested, followed by a sixth suspect on Sept 27.
According to the authorities, the man suspected of ordering the massacre is a 20-year-old Peruvian drug trafficker nicknamed “Little J”, who was active in an impoverished southern suburb of Buenos Aires. An international arrest warrant has been issued for him. His alleged lieutenant, aged 23, is also being sought. AFP
