The disappearance of three young people in La Matanza, Argentina, turned into a tragedy that moved the whole country. What began as a desperate search ended with the most painful confirmation for their families.
The discovery of Brenda, Morena and Lara opened an investigation that seeks to clarify what happened and find all those responsible. In the meantime, the families are demanding justice and that their pain is not left in silence.
The case, marked by uncertainty and social commotion, has highlighted the urgent request for answers. In the midst of the pain, the last video records and the statements of their loved ones have become symbols of memory and demand for justice.
According to security cameras, the three girls were recorded while they were getting into a white Chevrolet Tracker van with an altered license plate in the town of La Tablada. In the images, Brenda, Morena and Lara are seen waiting on a corner before getting into the vehicle, which then leaves the scene.
Prosecutor Gastón Dupláa reconstructed the route taken by the van: approximately 30 kilometers to the place where the bodies of the victims were finally found in Florencio Varela.
The vehicle was found in a field near Río Turbio and Mar Chiquita, about 700 meters from the scene of the triple crime. The van had been set on fire in that area.
The bodies were found buried at the bottom of a house in Florencio Varela, after following the phone signal of one of them.
According to the Buenos Aires Minister of Security, Javier Alonso, the young women had been deceived: “They were going to participate in an event to which they had been invited, without knowing that they were falling into a trap of a transnational organization that had perpetrated a strategy to murder them”.
In a press conference, Alonso explained: “We called this press conference to communicate that we have found, unfortunately, the lifeless bodies of Morena, Brenda and Lara, the three girls we have been looking for since Saturday”.
The official also stated: “We have been identifying the route. From La Matanza (the van) went through Lomas de Zamora and arrived in Florencio Varela. There were DDI teams in CABA, in Bellas Artes, in Quilmes, in Lomas de Zamora, in Florencio Varela, checking cameras for hours until they were able to find this Tracker van that was adulterated. Around two, three o’clock in the morning (Wednesday) we found the bodies. We had to do a thorough job because they were buried in the garden”.
Journalist Augusto Telías said that it was “a revenge perpetrated by a transnational criminal gang”.
Four people were arrested and charged with aggravated homicide: Miguel Angel Villanueva Silva (27), of Peruvian nationality; and the Argentines Iara Daniela Ibarra (19), Andres Maximiliano Parra (18) and Magali Celeste Gonzalez Guerrero (28).
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