The victims, Lara Gutierrez, Brenda del Castillo, and Morena Verdi
Source: Africa Publicity
Police in Argentina are reportedly investigating the circumstances under which a 15-year-old girl and two women were horrifically raped, tortured, and killed live on TikTok by a suspected cocaine gang.
The gang hacked off the girl’s fingers before killing she and the two women.
Local media reports in Argentina cited detectives as saying about 45 people watched the TikTok live session as the men raped, tortured, and killed the girl and the women.
One of the women was suffocated with a plastic bag, as shown on a closed group on TikTok.
One of the three, Lara Gutierrez, was just 15. The others have been named as Brenda del Castillo, 20, and Morena Verdi, 21, according to reports.
Reports said Verdi was asphyxiated with a plastic bag found pulled over her head.
According to reports, the victims were allegedly tricked into believing they were attending an event that has been described locally as a sex party. They are said to have been offered $300 (£220) each to attend.
The regional government minister went on to dub the murders “a narco act of revenge”, reports indicated.
According to reports, one or two of the three killed had been accused of stealing four kilos of cocaine from the gang in circumstances that have yet to be clarified.
Confirming the horror crimes were filmed and transmitted live online, Buenos Aires’ security minister Javier Alonso noted that “It was for a closed group of around 45 people. That’s the information we have obtained so far from the investigation.”
“It is relevant to the motive for the murders, which is that the leader of the gang is saying: ‘This is what happens to you if you steal drugs from me,” he added while speaking after the bodies of the three young women were found five days after they went missing around 9.30pm last Friday.
“They were last seen getting into a vehicle voluntarily because they had been invited to an event, not knowing they were falling into a trap set for them by an international drugs trafficking gang which had hatched a plan to kill them,” according to him.
