He Minister of Security, Aníbal Fernández, announced on February 9 the “imminent” start-up of a unified command of federal forces in the Buenos Aires suburbs. He specified that the operational bases of this unified command will be in La Matanza, Tigre, Pilar, Avellaneda and La Plata. Also, he admitted that does not agree with the decision of Alberto Fernández to send a crew of unarmed Army engineers to collaborate in the urbanization of popular neighborhoods in Rosario.
“I don’t quite agree with that,” he acknowledged at a press conference at the end of the meeting of the Internal Security commission of the Chamber of Deputies, where he was invited to present the security plan and, in particular, the ministry’s actions. in the context of the emergency due to drug violence in Rosario.
“That they are going to participate with the engineers and that they are going to do urban planning work or improve that place… well… I would like to look at it a little more,” he admitted.
The Army Engineers Command, the force that will help end the violence in Rosario
“Let’s see… so many years on this issue. At 66 I’m old enough to wrinkle and not say things the way I feel. If I have to ask the president, I’ll tell him my vision on the matter,” said the minister.
In this sense, Fernández maintained that the measure proposed by the head of state to send a company of Army engineers to Rosario “is not forceful enough to add” to the fight against insecurity and violence in the city of Santa Fe. .
“Sometimes some decisions are not forceful enough to add up when it comes to being heard by the people who are waiting for an answer,” he said.
Aníbal Fernández announced a unified command of federal forces in the Buenos Aires suburbs
“It is not yet in operation, but this is imminent. Within the week it will be ready. There are five operating centers in La Plata, La Matanza, Tigre, Pilar and Avellaneda, from where we are going to have quick actions, because answers are needed too fast to be able to meet the objective”the minister maintained when exposing as a guest in the Internal Security commission of the Chamber of Deputies, in the context of the emergency due to drug violence in Rosario.
“Return everything or there is lead”: they identified the author of the drug threat against residents of Máximo Jerez
The head of the PRO block, Cristian Ritondo, came out at the Fernández intersection and accused him of having “disarmed the units” of the Gendarmerie in suburban neighborhoods such as La Matanza: “Those who have disarmed these units and took the gendarmes are you, Mr. Minister. In La Matanza I was in front of the Puerta de Hierro neighborhood,” said the Macrista legislator.
“They are going to start something that you uninstalled since December 10, 2019. They started with the municipalities that are not pro-government,” lamented Ritondo, who reproached the minister for the insufficient number of federal security forces in Buenos Aires territory.
“I don’t give up, I fight every day,” he said about the situation in Rosario
He Minister of Security as well He affirmed this Thursday, March 9, that he fights every day for the situation of the city of rosarioby detaching himself from his statements last week questioned by the opposition.
“I don’t give up, I fight every day”stressed the national official, when presenting in the Internal Security commission of the Chamber of Deputies.
Gendarme season: “The drug traffickers take a vacation until they leave”
The minister expressed himself in this way when responding to a criticism from PRO deputy Federico Angelini from Santa Fe, who made reference to his statements that drug trafficking had “won” the fight in Rosario.
“You were won (drug trafficking), or even worse, you were won,” said the deputy, who highlighted the security numbers in Santa Fe during the administration of Patricia Bullrich. Angelini said that there was no time to lose in Rosario and he made himself available to the minister to work.
Given this, Fernández asked for collaboration to remove the anti-laundering law. “It is more effective to follow the money, rather than the product, because the product remanufactures it. Can we work on the money laundering law? Can you help me with that?”asked the minister.
16.22 Leandro Santoro “In the City of Buenos Aires, insecurity got out of control”
“I would be interested to know what you spoke with the minister D’Alessandro and I want to know if he had the chance to find out what happened in Villa 11-1-14, when a shooting took the life of a four-year-old girl”, introduced the deputy for the City of Buenos Aires Leandro Santoro (Front of All).
“It is not an area that we control, but the Gendarmerie has earned respect for doing things carefully, of not doing the things that they don’t have to do”, was the minister’s response on the situation in the towns in the south of Buenos Aires. In addition, he remarked that he has not yet spoken to anyone from the Buenos Aires government.
15.48 Aníbal Fernández: “The Crisis Committee is working”
The Security Minister, Aníbal Fernández, responded for the Crisis Committee that different deputies demanded of him during the day. He maintained that “it’s working.” “The four federal forces, the ministers, the mayor and the governor are at the table,” he explained.
In addition, he said: “We promised to put political responsibility for this. I asked my Chief of Staff, my most trusted person to take care of this so that we are connected”.
15.12 The UCR demands that Aníbal Fernández convene the Crisis Committee
While Aníbal Fernández was exposing in Congress, the head of the UCR bloc, Mario Negri, presented a project by which it requires the Minister of Security, in his capacity as head of the Internal Security Council, to constitute and convene the Crisis Committee.
Gendarmerie was received with applause in the neighborhood where Máximo Jerez was murdered
“The implementation of the Crisis Committee will allow concentration and take greater advantage of the actions of the security forces and will also allow the anguish to grow of society due to what is perceived as a loss of control of the street by the State in the face of the drug advance,” Negri explained.
14.48 Angelini: “We are not giving up and we are not going to give up, the drug traffickers did not beat us”
The deputy for Santa Fe Federico Angelini (PRO) charged Fernández for his statement on the fight against drug trafficking. “We are not giving up and we are not going to give up. The drug traffickers did not beat us,” emphasized the deputy from Rosario.
In addition, Minister Fernández recorded that he “He occupied different places in 16 of those 20 years, he beat you.” In addition, he highlighted the management of Cambiemos and said: “He did not always win. A detail was forgotten, there were four years in which a path had begun.”
14.19 The crossings with the opposition begin
While the minister was presenting the numbers of his management, the opposition asked for the floor and demanded that they start with the questions. They wanted to talk about Rosario’s situation. The first to do so was the vice president of the commission, Juan Martín (UCR): “In 2023 we have 63 homicides in Rosario in 68 days, almost one every day. We see a constant growth in the death data. Last year there were 288 painful homicides”, he pointed out.
13.50 “8.875 million pesos went to Santa Fe”
The Minister of Security recounted that of the “8,875 million that went to Santa Fe, the majority went to the city of Rosario”. In addition, he clarified that this amount rose from a total of 17,000 million pesos, which were redistributed among the provinces.
13.29 “In 2022 the seizure of cocaine increased by 309%”
Fernández began his presentation with a recount of the achievements of his administration. Thus, he highlighted that in 2022 there was a 309% increase in cocaine seizures. This was in a total of 1,697 kilos. “It was a very fine task that the Federal Police put into practice. The gang willing to transfer this amount of kilos was specifically arrested in Rosario”the official stressed.
Congress seeks a response against insecurity
The Chamber of Deputies has already been working on this issue. Yesterday the Justice and Criminal Legislation commissions issued an opinion on the project to strengthen justice in Santa Fe. This initiative aims to implement the accusatory system to be able to advance more quickly in drug trafficking cases.
The project designed by the deputy of the Frente de Todos Roberto Mirabellaand supported by the deputies from Santa Fe, seeks to create 27 federal prosecutors, 15 of them in Rosario. These are nine defenders and six federal courts, as well as six positions of federal criminal judge with review functions, in order to be able to move more quickly with criminal cases, in a context of sharp increase in homicides and drug trafficking.
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