Authorities in Argentina are investigating a gruesome crime that has shocked the nation after three young women were kidnapped, tortured, r@ped, and executed on a TikTok livestream by members of a narco gang.
Police confirmed that the sadistic broadcast was watched by dozens of people before the gang carried out the killings.
The victims were identified as 15-year-old Lara Gutierrez, 20-year-old Brenda del Castillo, and 21-year-old Morena Verdi. Local media reported that two of the women had been accused by the gang of stealing four kilograms of cocaine, leading investigators to describe the murders as an act of “narco revenge.”
Chilling details emerged as authorities recovered the bodies. Gutierrez reportedly had all five fingers on her left hand amputated before she was killed. Del Castillo suffered a fractured skull and had her stomach cut open, while Verdi was asphyxiated with a plastic bag, which was still over her head when her body was found.
Buenos Aires security minister Javier Alonso said the three victims were last seen getting into a vehicle, lured by what they thought was an invitation to an event. Instead, they had fallen into a trap set by an international drug trafficking gang.
“The bodies were found buried in a garden,” Alonso confirmed. “The drug trafficking organisation has its operational command in Buenos Aires, and they had chosen this house to carry out the murders.”
The families of the victims have been informed, while authorities continue to search for the gang leader, a Peruvian national accused of ordering the killings and believed to have fled Argentina.
So far, four suspects have been arrested in connection with the case. The investigation remains ongoing as police work to dismantle the gang and bring all those involved in the killings to justice.