The brutal killings of young women leave Argentina in shock and anger

Thousands of people have been involved in a protest to combat Femicide in Buenos Aires, requiring justice for a girl and two young women who have been tortured and killed in a crime that shocked Argentina.

The brutal killings of 15-year-old Lara Gutierrez and Morena Verdi and Brenda del Castillo, who were 20, were live on social media.

Police believe the drug gang was responsible and that the crime was aired as a warning to others.

Police have arrested five suspects – three men and two women – from Friday, according to the Minister of National Security Patricia Bulrich, but a 20 -year -old Peruvian man who is said to be the leader of the group is still at large.

The victims were lured into a van, believed that they were heading for a party on September 19, according to investigators.

In fact, authorities said it was part of a plan to “punish” the girl and young women to violate the band’s code, serving as a warning to others.

Police found a video after one of the detainees revealed him in question, according to Javier Alonso, Minister of Security of Buenos Aires.

The video hears a band leader who says, “This happens to those who steal drugs from me.”

Authorities released a photo of the alleged master, the Peruvian who remains free.

The bodies of the three victims were found buried on Wednesday in the yard of a house in the south suburb of Buenos Aires, five days after they disappeared.

In Buenos Aires, the relatives of the victims joined a march to parliament on Saturday, demanding justice for women and the girl.

“Women need to be protected more than ever,” Brenda’s father, Leonel del Castillo, to the protest reporters.

Earlier, he said it was impossible to identify his daughter’s body because of the abuse of her.

Antonio del Castillo, the grandfather of 20-year-old cousins, was in tears, as he called the killers “bloodthirsty”.

“You wouldn’t do what they did to an animal,” he said.

One woman was killed by a man every 36 hours in the country, according to a group for the monitoring of femicides in Argentina, quoted by Agance France-Presse.