{"id":2656513,"date":"2025-09-29T16:09:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T16:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/2656513\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T16:09:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T16:09:18","slug":"argentina-protesters-seek-justice-for-victims-of-live-streamed-femicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/2656513\/","title":{"rendered":"Argentina protesters seek justice for victims of live-streamed femicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AFP047952_00.pre.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t      Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Saturday to demand justice for three young women whose torture and murders were live-streamed on social media, in a case that has shocked Argentina.<br \/>  The victims&#8217; relatives held a banner with their names &#8212; Lara, Brenda, Morena &#8212; and placards with their images, joined by several leftist groups as they marched to Parliament.<br \/>  It was a narco-feminicide! Our lives are not disposable! read signs and banners at the protest march.<br \/>  The bodies of Morena Verdi and Brenda Del Castillo, cousins aged 20, and 15-year-old Lara Gutierrez were found buried Wednesday in the yard of a house in a southern suburb of Buenos Aires, five days after they went missing.<br \/>  The crime, which investigators tied to drug gangs, was perpetrated live on Instagram and watched by 45 members of a private account, officials said.<br \/>  On Friday, National Security Minister Patricia Bullrich announced the arrest of a fifth suspect, bringing the total to three men and two women.<br \/>  The fifth suspect, accused of providing logistical support with a car, was arrested in the Bolivian border city of Villazon, after collaboration between the two countries&#8217; police forces.<br \/>  Investigators said the victims, thinking they were going to a party, were lured into a van allegedly as part of a plan to punish them for violating gang code and serving as a warning to others.<br \/>  Police discovered the video after one of the detainees revealed it under questioning, according to Javier Alonso, security minister for Buenos Aires province.<br \/>  In the footage, a gang leader is heard saying: This is what happens to those who steal drugs from me.<br \/>  Argentine media are reporting the torturers cut off fingers, pulled out nails, beat and suffocated the victims.<br \/>  Meta, the parent company of Instagram, disputed that the livestream occurred on its platform.<br \/>  We have not found any evidence of the livestream taking place on Instagram. Our team continues to cooperate with law enforcement as they investigate this horrific crime, a spokesperson told AFP.<br \/>  Dozens of people accompanied a funeral procession Friday to a cemetery outside Buenos Aires, where a private burial for Verdi and Del Castillo was held.<br \/>  Gutierrez was laid to rest in a different location.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Saturday to demand justice for three young wome<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2656514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[785161],"tags":[133793,98706,528524,32077,23370,939,1670,98751,73191,11802,200,125020,78392,6798,17757,812,4817,3687,4313,31168,1712,345531,6330,784979,2722,11034,784980,1668,3843,13633,11786,3577,16899,21135,302851,482,14115,577,1669],"class_list":{"0":"post-2656513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-argentina","8":"tag-argentina","9":"tag-jiji","10":"tag-topics","11":"tag-topix","12":"tag-23370","13":"tag-939","14":"tag-1670","15":"tag-98751","16":"tag-73191","17":"tag-11802","18":"tag-200","19":"tag-125020","20":"tag-78392","21":"tag-6798","22":"tag-17757","23":"tag-812","24":"tag-4817","25":"tag-3687","26":"tag-4313","27":"tag-31168","28":"tag-1712","29":"tag-345531","30":"tag-6330","31":"tag-784979","32":"tag-2722","33":"tag-11034","34":"tag-784980","35":"tag-1668","36":"tag-3843","37":"tag-13633","38":"tag-11786","39":"tag-3577","40":"tag-16899","41":"tag-21135","42":"tag-302851","43":"tag-482","44":"tag-14115","45":"tag-577","46":"tag-1669"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/wakoka.com\/@news\/115288458201407459","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2656513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2656513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2656513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2656514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2656513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2656513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wacoca.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2656513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}