Argentina’s Security Minister pushes for Anti-Mafia Law after triple murder in Florencio Varela: Video
Argentina’s Security Minister Patricia Bullrich has urged the use of the country’s Anti-Mafia Law in a high-profile triple murder case, insisting that everyone linked to the crime should face equal punishment.
"Because under the Anti-Mafia Law, all those who participate in a crime, in this case the blood of three homicides, are responsible," the minister said during a press conference in Buenos Aires on Wednesday.
So far, nine people have been detained in connection with the murder of Lara Gutierrez, 15, Brenda del Castillo, 20, and Morena Verdi, 20, who were tortured and dismembered during a live broadcast on a social network, for a closed group of 45 people.
The Minister of Security warned that those who watched the video will also be brought to justice. "The 45 who say they saw the video, will all receive the maximum penalty that the highest-ranking member of that organisation will receive," Bullrich stated.
Bullrich also highlighted the cooperation between the police agencies of Bolivia and Peru in detaining some of the alleged perpetrators, including Victor Sotacuro, Matias Agustin Ozorio, and Tony Janzen Valverde Victoriano, known as 'Pequeno J'.
The victims were tortured, murdered and buried in the yard of a house in Florencio Varela, where their bodies were found five days after they disappeared.
Authorities in Argentina classified the case as aggravated homicide, premeditated by two or more individuals, with treachery, cruelty, and gender-based violence.
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