Outrage in Argentina after two teen girls murdered as femicide crisis endures

Key points

• Argentina has reacted with fury after the bodies of two murdered teenage girls were found just two days apart.
• The latest killings underscore the South American country’s enduring femicide crisis despite years of feminist campaigning, and have prompted alarm over the decision to cut support for victims of gender-based violence under the far-right administration of Javier Milei.
• Police found the remains of Agostina Vega, 14, on Saturday, in a field on the outskirts of the city of Córdoba.
• She had been fatally strangled and her body had been dismembered, according to local media reports.
• She had left home on the night of Saturday 23 May, and took a taxi to the home of Claudio Barrelier, 33, a friend of the family.