Faced with the wave of coordinated crimes against businesses in different towns in Buenos Aires and in the interior of the country, supermarkets demanded prevention and that criminals be punished.
Before the wave of coordinated robberies against businesses in different towns in Buenos Aires and in the interior of the country, supermarkets asked for a greater presence of the State, they demand security that criminals be punished.
in the last hours at least 94 people were arrested for having participated in some 150 attempted robberies of different supermarkets and businesses in the Buenos Aires suburbs, while apprehensions were also registered in Mendoza and Córdoba.
Through a statement, the Super Argentine Network -that nucleates the Argentine Chamber of Supermarkets Yet the Argentine Federation of Supermarkets and Supermarkets together with various entities of the country- stated that “it is imperative to have a present state, that prevents these crimes and punishes the delinquents with the full weight of the Law”.
At the same time, they pointed out that the sector “has always been a main objective of these crimes” but “the whole society is affected”so they considered “essential” that “the State fulfills its duty to provide security, that Justice intervene resolutely through its prosecutors and that Policy put aside pettiness by providing the necessary containment in the face of the emergency we are facing.”
Finally, they asked to avoid the “tragic experiences” that affected the country and the sector in past years that ended “with loss of life and material damage.”
“That is why alleged social leaders should not be allowed to incite the formation of criminal organizations aimed at committing crimes that could affect the safety of the population, -even with the risk of lives- also causing enormous material losses to companies and people who are victims of criminals,” they concluded.
arrest of instigators
After a new day of tension due to fear of new crimes in shops and supermarkets, the Minister of Security of the Province, Sergio Berniassured that They are making the first arrests of the instigators of the events and again denounced a campaign on social networks.
“We are doing the first arrests of those who instigated the illegal. Justice is beginning to carry the common thread of WhatsApp messages and everything that has to do with the relationship of the instigators to this situation,” said the Buenos Aires official.
Source: Ambito
