Police in Peru have arrested a man suspected of having ordered the killing of two 20-year-old women and a 15-year-old girl in Argentina.
The three were lured to a house near the Argentine capital on 19 September.
Their mutilated bodies were found several days later and police revealed that their killers had livestreamed their torture and killing on Instagram.
The brutality of the crime has sent shockwaves through the region, with thousands participating in anti-femicide protests in Buenos Aires on Sunday.
The security minister of Buenos Aires province, Javier Alonso, said that cousins Morena Verdi and Brenda del Castillo, both aged 20, and 15-year-old Lara Morena Gutiérrez, had been lured by an international drugs gang to the house with a promise of being paid to attend a party.
CCTV footage of them getting into a van with fake number plates helped police trace them to the house where they were murdered.
The bodies were found buried in the garden.
Reports stated that their murder was broadcast to a closed group of 45 people, with a voice heard during the livestream stating, 'this is what happens to those who steal drugs from me'.
Following the crime, authorities arrested seven suspects, including a man suspected of digging the grave where the women were buried and another man who drove the vehicle transporting the victims.
However, the suspected mastermind, Tony Janzen Valverde Victoriano, known as 'Little J', managed to evade capture until his recent arrest.
He was taken into custody alongside a 28-year-old Argentine associate, Matías Ozorio, on a motorway in Peru, concealed within a van of fish.
Valverde's communications with Ozorio led Peruvian police to apprehend both individuals, and they plan to extradite Valverde to Argentina.
Officials express gratitude to Peruvian law enforcement for their swift actions in this case, highlighting the ongoing fight for justice against femicide in the region.
