The capital mayor denounced that so far in 2025 They attacked a City police officer every 27 hours in PBA. “These constant and serious acts of insecurity have already They took the lives of 13 of our officers“he questioned.
As a result of the increase in crimes, Macri stressed the need to move forward with “urgent measures” and announced that he carried out a meeting with the new dome of the Buenos Aires force to evaluate the steps to follow.
In addition, he contacted his provincial counterpart to coordinate actions. “I called Governor Kicillof with whom we agreed on a meeting and areas of work between our security ministers, Waldo Wolff and Javier Alonso.” “This has to end NOW”emphasized the head of the Buenos Aires Executive.
Days ago, after a new act of violence suffered by agents of the Police Buenos Aires, Macri He attacked the Buenos Aires authorities and demanded concrete measures. “The insecurity in the Province of Buenos Aires is unsustainable: 5 City police officers attacked in a single day. At some point is the governor going to stop looking the other way? Take charge once and for all, and get to work. “This doesn’t go any further,” he criticized.
The Buenos Aires chief responded to a publication by his Minister of Security, Waldo Wolff, who gave details of the acts of insecurity suffered by his agents. “Yesterday 5 City police officers were attacked in the PBA: La Matanza, Lanús, Laferrere, Bernal, Morón (shot wound). They attacked them in civilian clothes, when they go out to work or when they return home,” he said.
Along these lines, he regretted that it is something that “the people of Buenos Aires suffer every day and logically this situation also has an impact on CABA.” And he gave figures regarding insecurity in PBA: “From 2023 to 2024, confrontations with our police officers in PBA increased 75%. 2025 started worse. Kicillof, we need to get together URGENTly. We cannot continue like this,” he concluded.
Jorge Macri’s criticism of Axel Kicillof for the crimes of the City police in the Province
Last September, Macri had questioned the Buenos Aires authorities for not having “the decision to confront crime.” It was hours after the murder of principal José Luis Gómez became public knowledge, who died after trying to defend himself from a robbery in Lanús. “I don’t see a governor worried about this.“, he denounced.
“This is not an issue that is on Governor Kicillof’s agenda.“It is not a topic that he talks about, there is a lot of orphanhood and an advance of gangs, organizations, and drug trafficking,” Macri denounced.
Faced with this situation, the Buenos Aires president gave the order to communicate a series of advice to the members of the force. “We are going to issue a recommendation to our police officers to return home wearing vests. We cannot force them, but we are going to ask them to take the vests back to their homes. That is what we have reached in the level of insecurity that exists in the province of Buenos Aires,” he stated.
Source: Ambito
