An estimated 15,000 people converged on Avenida de Mayo on Saturday afternoon, rallying to demand justice for three young women whose abduction, torture and killing were allegedly broadcast live on social media in a crime that has gripped the nation.
Organized by feminist collectives, human-rights groups and the victims’ families, the demonstration wound its way from Plaza de Mayo to the gates of Congress. Participants carried portraits of the deceased and chanted “Ni una menos” (“Not one fewer”), invoking Argentina’s long-standing battle against gender-based violence.
The three victims—aged 17, 19 and 21—disappeared last week in Florencio Varela, a suburb south of the capital. Authorities say they were lured into a van, beaten, suffocated and mutilated before being buried in a backyard. A private livestream of the atrocity reportedly reached dozens of viewers before being shut down by investigators.
Five suspects, including two women, have been arrested; a suspected ringleader remains at large. Justice Minister Paula Willms condemned the killings as an attack on human dignity and pledged expedited reform of femicide statutes and tighter oversight of online platforms.
Saturday’s march sent a forceful message: Argentina will not tolerate brutality against women, and it will hold perpetrators—and by extension, the social networks that enable them—accountable.
