National Security Minister Patricia Bullrich held a press conference this Wednesday in which she addressed the triple murder linked to drug trafficking that occurred in Florencio Varela and explained how the Interpol operation that led to the arrest of “Pequeño J” and Matías Ozorio, the main suspects in the case, unfolded.
In this context, Bullrich urged the ultra-Kirchnerist governor Axel Kicillof to apply the Anti-Mafia Law in the province: “Today there are nine people in custody in this case. The law against organized crime means that those nine detainees, plus everyone who was involved, for example the 45 who say they saw the video, will receive the maximum sentence, the same as the top leader of that organization,” the official stated.
The minister elaborated on her position: “The application of that law would not result in someone receiving a two- or three-year sentence just for having been in the car. No, everyone would receive the maximum sentence. Why? Because everyone participated in the murder. That is the law that Argentina has today and that we are asking Buenos Aires province, please, to apply.”
The Interpol operation
Regarding the operation aimed at capturing “Pequeño J,” identified by the judiciary as the one who ordered the murder of Lara, Morena, and Brenda, Bullrich explained that everything began last Friday, when, based on various leads, two international Interpol red alerts were requested: one for Matías Ozorio, considered the right-hand man of the main accused, and another for Víctor Sotacuro, owner of the vehicle that allegedly provided support during the victims' abduction.
The first to be arrested was Sotacuro: “The Ministry of Security of Jujuy, the Argentine Federal Police, and the Gendarmerie at the border between La Quiaca and Villazón, based on a series of investigations conducted on buses that depart and pass through Santiago del Estero, along with camera reviews, identified Sotacuro's name, who had traveled from Buenos Aires province to La Quiaca hidden on a shopping tour,” Bullrich detailed.
