The Minister of the Interior, Nicolas Martinelliasked to explain to him Parliament its security strategy, at a time when several homicides put the issue back on the agenda.
Martinelli requested to speak before the parliamentarians on Friday the 19th, winning from the Broad Front (FA) that he planned to call it due to the series of homicides that occurred during the Christmas weekend, where 10 were murdered.
He Wide Front He was going to make use of the Permanent Commission that operates in Parliament during the summer recess of the legislative body.
“In view of the interest publicly demonstrated by some members of the Permanent Commission about the security strategy and the axes of the management of our Ministry, we request to be received next Friday, January 19 in the National Parliament,” indicates the note sent by Martinelli to the president of the Permanent Commission, the Frente Amplista José Carlos MahiaUnderlined reported.
According to the newspaper El País, the minister who has been in office for two months after the controversial departure of Alberto Heber will make public the results of a survey by the Ministry of the Interior that shows that last year ended with a significant increase in the number of homicides compared to 2022.
Regarding the violence experienced on Christmas weekend, Martinelli had said that “in Uruguay and in the world the general increase in the violence” and not only in the country.
“We have a problem focused on homicides, there are robberies, thefts and cattle rustling, but we have a problem in homicides,” explained the minister, who added that other crimes did not reach tolerable levels either. Meanwhile, he acknowledged that they have “a specific problem.” and we took targeted measures to try to reduce homicides,” among which is the restructuring of the homicide department.
Then he highlighted that one of the solutions is to intervene in the most problematic neighborhoods. “We have four neighborhoods intervened: Spanish Villa, Carrasco Cross, Boix and Merino, what is Malvin North and Marconi, He detailed and highlighted that several raids were carried out where weapons, drugs and money were seized.
Source: Ambito
