A City Police was murdered in cold blood in an attempted robbery in Remedios de Escalada, Lanús district. Due to the incident, the head of Government, Jorge Macricrossed the governor of the province of Buenos Aires, Axel Kicillof: “It is time for the Governor reacts and takes care of security in the Buenos Aires suburbs“.
The incident took place on Wednesday at the intersection of Zuloaga and 2 de Mayo, in Buenos Aires province. The victim, identified as José Luis Gómez, was in civilian clothes when he was shot. approached by criminals who attempted to rob him.
Jorge Macri’s complaint to Axel Kicillof for security in the province
According to reports, the policeman was arriving home from work on his motorcycle when he was approached by the criminals. Gómez tried to resist the robbery and as a result of this, the attackers shot him.
Given what happened, Macri crossed strongly to Kicillof through a post on his personal X account. “The ineffectiveness of the province takes the life of another City police officer,” said the Chief of Staff.
“Last night, Chief José Luis Gómez was murdered after an attempted robbery when he was returning home in Lanús. In the last 4 years, out of 13 City Police officers killed, 12 were in the PBA“It is time for the governor to react and take care of security in the Buenos Aires metropolitan area,” Macri said.
In the same tone, the Buenos Aires Minister of Security, Waldo Wolffalso expressed his condolences through social networks: “May true justice be done quickly and Let the murderers pay for this heinous crime“My condolences to the force and their families in this difficult time. May he rest in peace,” the official said.
Insecurity in the province of Buenos Aires
According to the report released by the Public Prosecutor’s Office of Buenos Airesthe rate of intentional homicides rose by 14.8% in Buenos Aires during 2023 compared to 2022The metropolitan area is the area where the highest number of cases were recorded.
The data in the report reflect only the criminal acts that became criminal cases and are treated as such within the framework of Preliminary Criminal Investigations (PCI) by the prosecutors that make up the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
He Report on the Preliminary Criminal Investigations for Intentional Homicides indicates that during the year 2023, 2,012 files were initiated for intentional homicides, of which 40.9% (822) were completed events and the remaining 59.1% (1,190) were attempted. Regarding the events that occurred, more than half of the cases, 58.8%, took place in the public thoroughfare while a 31.8% It was inside a dwelling.
On the other hand, the 84.4% of the IIPs They began in the judicial departments of the metropolitan area, including the departments of La Plata and Mar del Plata. If analyzed at the departmental level, the most significant increase in the homicide rate was recorded in Hills of Zamorawith a 36% more cases compared to 2022..
However, it should be noted that the analysis of recent years shows a 10.5% decrease in homicides since 2019. Since then, his low was recorded in 2022 and then the data reflected a new escalation of cases in 2023.
Source: Ambito
