Published on, Sept. 28 -- September 28, 2025 11:44 AM

Thousands of people marched through the streets of Buenos Aires on Saturday in a powerful protest against femicide, after the shocking torture and murder of three young victims left the nation reeling.

The victims - 15-year-old Lara Gutierrez and 20-year-old cousins Morena Verdi and Brenda del Castillo - were abducted on 19 September under the guise of attending a party. Instead, they were taken by members of a drug-trafficking gang, tortured, and killed in an attack investigators say was designed to "punish" them for allegedly violating gang rules.

Authorities said the gruesome crime was livestreamed on social media as a warning to others. "This is what happens to those who steal d...