Outrage in Argentina after two teen girls murdered as femicide crisis endures Argentina is reeling from the discovery of the murdered bodies of two teenage girls, 14-year-old Agostina Vega and 17-year-old Dulce Candia, both strangled to death. These killings occur against a backdrop of feminist campaigning and amidst significant cuts to services for victims of gender-based violence by the current far-right administration. Activists dispute government claims of falling femicide rates, attributing any decline to underreporting and the elimination of data-gathering entities.

• Two teenage girls, Agostina Vega (14) and Dulce Candia (17), were found murdered by strangulation in Argentina.
• Agostina Vega’s case is being investigated as femicide, with a 33-year-old man, Claudio Barrelier, arrested and denying murder.
• Dulce Candia’s body was found in a septic tank, and a 47-year-old taxi driver with whom she had a relationship is suspected of her murder.
• The murders occurred just before the 11th annual Ni Una Menos anti-femicide march.
• Feminist activists criticize the far-right government of Javier Milei for cutting support for victims of gender-based violence and closing the ministry of women, genders and diversity.
• The government claims falling femicide rates, but campaigners argue this is due to underreporting and the dismantling of support structures.
• Another woman, Noelia Romero, was murdered on the outskirts of Buenos Aires shortly after news of Vega and Candia’s deaths broke, despite having called the police for help.