Jorge Macri Shows Hard Hand in Poor Neighborhoods of Buenos Aires as an Electoral Weapon
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It is nighttime. Dozens of police armed to the teeth enter through the narrow corridors of some poor town of Buenos Aires at the rate of hard rock. Helicopters and motorized agents reinforce the police operation. They register people against the wall and arrest others before the attentive gaze of the mayor of the city, the conservative Jorge Macri. It could be an action film, but it is an institutional video with which the government of Buenos A…
"It does not respond to security policies, but to more advertising issues," said lawyer Matías Busso. The operation called "Black Storm" was carried out in 16 villages and popular neighborhoods of the Argentine capital.
The City deployed a simultaneous mega-operation in 15 popular neighborhoods with an unprecedented staging: tactical groups, K9 dogs, massive controls and closures of narco bunkers. Jorge Macri’s government hardens its territorial strategy and is committed to a security policy with strong visual and political impact. Read more
The majority of those arrested during the raids had orders for capture, possession of drugs, weapons and vehicles with orders for kidnapping. In addition, four drug bunkers were closed in the villas Zavaleta, Fraga, Barrio 15 and in 31, where a Peruvian and a Chilean were arrested, so the government of Buenos Aires has already requested that they be expelled from the country. At least 27 people were arrested tonight, as part of a special mega-op…
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