Last Friday evening, September 19th, Brenda del Castillo (20), Morena Verdi (20) and Lara Gutierrez (15) got into a truck that picked them up at the La Tablada roundabout in La Matanza to go to an alleged party Florencio Varela’s housewhere they were brutally murdered. The case falls three months after the triple crime, which is said to have been a drug-related crime has 11 prisoners, refugees and new suspects added.
However, the young women were killed in the early hours of Saturday You were tortured by them before According to the investigation, those responsible broadcast the scary session via a private video on a social network. The file was opened in the criminal court of La Matanza following the intervention of the public prosecutor Adrian Arribasand passed the Federal Judge of Morónwhere it was under the jurisdiction of the public prosecutor Mariela Labozzetta and the judge Jorge Rodríguezdue to the complexity of the criminal network and the connection to drug trafficking.
Triple felony: They accepted preventive prisons for the detainees and the case went to the federal judiciary
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Before the change of jurisdiction, Arribas dictated the Preventive detention for eleven defendants: Victor Sotacuro Lazaro, Matias OzorioMagalí Celeste González Guerrero, Miguel Ángel Villanueva Silva, Iván Giménez, Florencia Ibáñez, Daniela Iara Ibarra, Maximiliano Andrés Parra, Tony Janzen Valverde Victorianoalso known as “Little J”; Joseph Freyser Cubas Zavaletaknown as “Mr. J”; and Mónica Débora Mujica.
The men are accused of co-authorship “serious unlawful deprivation of liberty”.in real competition aggravated murder due to the involvement of two or more people, treason, cruelty, premeditation and gender-based violencein addition to the aggravating factor of “criminis causa”.

In the case of the accused women, the qualifications excludes femicide; and for Parra and Ibarra – who were found four days later that the murders were committed while cleaning up the crime scene – a secondary charge was added difficult concealment.
Triple Crime: Three Suspects in the Spotlight
As the measures evolved, Judge Rodríguez ordered the investigation to be deepened three people who are believed to have been staying in the house in the Villa Vatteone neighborhood at 702 Chañar Street. According to the information obtained from the statements of some defendants, they were referred to by nicknames “Nero”, “Paco” and like a ““older man, with white skin and gray hair”.
“Paco” would be a teenager about 16 yearsPeruvian nationality who came to Argentina with him “Nero”, 18with whom he would engage in drug trafficking. One of the defendants located them in the House of Horrors before the girls arrived, while the well was being dug where the bodies were later buried, and they were believed to have been with “Little J” and Ozorio.
Then, according to this statement, they would always have been who set fires in the open field the truck White Chevrolet Tracker that went in search of the victims to destroy evidence.
The third suspectmentioned by the same defendant would be the driver of this vehicle, that is, the one who took it from La Matanza to Florencio Varela.
He was described as a man who was also from Peru. no tattoos -at least visible- and that He was carrying a Glock pistol. The surveillance cameras show that the tracker is accompanied by other vehicles, such as the white Volkswagen Fox in which Sotacuro, his niece Florencia Ibáñez and her lover were traveling. Alex Roger Ydone Castillo (50), one of the three refugees.

Refugees and lines of investigation
In addition to Ydone Castillo, the international arrest of two other suspects was requested: David Gustavo Huamani Moralesbetter known as “Crazy David” either “The cake”; And Manuel Valverde Rodriguezthe paternal uncle of “Pequeño J”, who, despite the fact that there were people who recognized him in Chañar’s house, gave an interview in which he presented documents allegedly showing that he was not in Buenos Aires that day.
According to the statements of the defendants, mainly Guerrero and Sotacuro, Huamani Morales was targeted one of the killers Who would have taken part in the triple crime? The alleged driver also added that it was “El Loco David”. Owner of the drug shipment That would have motivated narco-revenge and talked about it almost 400 kilos of cocainea fact that the authorities have not yet been able to confirm – other witness statements spoke of significantly smaller amounts, around 4 kilos.
The federal judiciary is trying to come to a conclusion Determine the subject the murderer of Lara, Brenda and Morena. So far, the versions have mostly come from the defendants themselves, whose statements are not subject to the obligation to be truthful. Therefore, the judge and the prosecutor requested the cooperation of the Directorate for International Cooperation of the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPF) to advance further action.
Among other things, the analysis was requested of all telephone lines registered in the area on the night of the crime and travel request reports to determine whether the suspects had requested cars from that location or whether they drove to the property under investigation.
The judiciary is looking for three more fugitives for the triple crime in Florencio Varela and there are rumors of at least 15 people involved
Three months of Florencio Varela’s triple crime
The last time the three young women were seen alive by their families was on September 19, when they were told they were going to a party. At first it was known that they had promised them $300 each, but everything was a joke: They were taken to Villa Vatteone, where they were subdued, beaten, tortured and finally killed, presumably because the victims – or at least one of them – were related to them Theft of the drug shipment. Then they mutilated them and hid their bodies in the garden of the house.
The first to be captured were Maximiliano Parra (18) and Iara Ibarra (19)who were discovered using bleach to clean blood stains found in the house. They later caught González Guerrero and his partner Villanueva Silva – who was supposed to be part of the criminal group – hiding in a nearby hotel.

Later Víctor Sotacuro Lázaro fell (41) in Bolivia, accused of being the driver of one of the cars that accompanied the truck that transported the victims; and shortly after they arrested his niece, Ibanez (30) -who accompanied him in the vehicle-; already Ivan Giménez (28)a young man who would have been hired to dig the well in which they tried to hide the bodies.
On Tuesday, September 30th, “Little J” was arrested and Matias Ozorio (28) in the city of Lima. The first is being held in Peruwho was awaiting extradition, and the second, identified as his right-hand man, was expelled and transferred to Argentina. It should be noted that Valverde Victoriano has been proven At least I knew Lara Gutiérrezas a surveillance camera captured him walking with the minor and two other people in the Flores district of Buenos Aires weeks before the massacre.
The last to fall were Zavaleta Cubasalias “Mr. J.”who was already imprisoned The Office of the Mayor of Cavia of the Federal Police He is awaiting extradition to Peru for another case related to drug trafficking and Monica Mujica (37)Wife of Sotacuro, who was believed to have knowledge of the crimes and would be part of the gang.
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