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Family of Florencio Varela murder victim to hold tribute for her 16th birthday

Family of Lara Gutiérrez, 16, killed in September, will hold a tribute at the home where she celebrated her 15th birthday. Relatives plan to remember her with love and a balloon release.


Family of Florencio Varela murder victim to hold tribute for her 16th birthday

Buenos Aires, December 1 (NA) – Lara Gutiérrez, one of the victims of a triple murder with a drug-related signature committed in the Florencio Varela district of Buenos Aires province, would have turned 16 this Tuesday. Her family announced that they will hold a tribute at the house where the teenager celebrated her 15th birthday. Stella Maris, the victim's mother, spoke with the Argentine News Agency and confirmed that the event will take place at the property on Hilario Lagos 5713 from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM. "We invite all her closest relatives to commemorate Larita," states the message that the mother sent to NA. The announcement features two photos of the victim when she celebrated her 15th birthday, and her loved ones say they want to remember Lara "with love, much tenderness, as she was, so kind and happy." "As a family, we are going through deep pain," her relatives stated, adding that there will be a "balloon release" to honor her. Lara's family will celebrate what would have been her 16th birthday. Photo: NA Agency (Instagram) The minor was killed in September along with Morena Verdi and Brenda Loreley Del Castillo, both 20 years old, at a home on Chañar 702 street. Miguel Ángel Villanueva Silva (25), Iara Daniela Ibarra (19), Maximiliano Andrés Parra (18), Celeste Magalí González Guerrero (28), Milagros Florencia Ibáñez (20), Matías Agustín Ozorio (28), Ariel Giménez (29), and Lázaro Víctor Sotacuro are in preventive detention for the murders, while Tony Janzen Valverde Victoriano, better known as "Pequeño J," remains imprisoned in Peru. Joseph Freyser Cubas Zavaleta, alias "Señor Jota," is charged with "aggravated illegal deprivation of liberty due to the plurality of participants and because one of the victims was a minor, in conjunction with aggravated homicide for being premeditated against two or more people, for being committed with treachery and cruelty, and for being violence by a man against a woman, and for criminal motives." Additionally, Mónica Mujica, Sotacuro's wife, is also under arrest, while the search for Alex Ydone Castillo, David Gustavo Huamani (alias "El Loco" David), and Manuel Valverde Rodríguez continues (all have red notices from Interpol). The case is now in the hands of the Federal Justice.