Two Argentine women and one girl disappeared when they were lured into a house on the outskirts of Buenos Aires in Argentina.
The three should have been promised 300 US dollars to attend a “sex party,” according to The Guardian.
Instead, they were kidnapped and tortured by drug smugglers, who flocked this directly to 45 people in a private Instagram group. Then they were killed.
Killed: Brenda del Castillo (20), Morena Verdi (20) and Lara Gutiérrez (15) were killed. Photo: Handout
Investigators believe that the killings were planned as revenge, after one of those killed has stolen a package of cocaine from one of the perpetrators, who will lead a criminal group in Buenos Aires.
“They tried to send a message:” This is what happens to those who steal drugs of me, “said Buenos Aires, Javier Alonso, at a press conference.
Two men and two women are arrested. Two of these must have been hired to clear after the killings.
The killings have sent shock waves through Argentina.
Family and relatives of those killed, and human rights groups, have organized demonstrations across the country after the killings.
“They took her from me and I want them to pay for what they did,” Brenda del Castillo’s mother, one of those killed, told the press.
Several have set the increasing number of criminal groups in Argentina in the context of President Javier Milei’s cuts in public services.
“Without resources, it is difficult to compete with what the criminals can offer,” says an anonymous activist, who according to The Guardian thinks there have been several criminal groups engaged in drugs in the area.
