Man suspected of ordering murder of three Argentine women arrested

The brutal torture and killing of the three women in Argentina sent shockwaves through the region.

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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 taking part 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.