The governor of Tucumán, Osvaldo Jaldo, referred to the measures implemented by the national and salteño governments on the border and assured that “No one has to offend,” At the same time he claimed that “Bolivia has to collaborate. ”
In recent days, the decision of the Ministry of Security of placing a barbed wire on the border between Blancas and Bermejo in the framework of the Güemes Plan reaped accessions and criticisms alike, settling in the public conversation.
Osvaldo Jaldo highlighted the measures on the border with Bolivia
Now, the Tucumano president referred to the issue. “Much of what has to do with smuggling, such as the entry of toxic substances to the country, is done in the north and a part touches the brother country of Bolivia. In addition, Salta has very wide borders “held.
In that sense, Jaldo said that it is “a measure that has to take it between the two countries and Bolivia has to collaborate.”
At the same time, the Peronist governor recalled that under his management the Lapacho operation with National Gendarmerie and the Tucumán Police for the control of the entry of illegal merchandise and drugs to the province.
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The border crossing through Aguas Blancas is one of the greatest daily activity in the connection with Bolivia.
“We have been kidnapping cocaine that comes from the north, from Bolivia, so we have to see this as a positive measure for the two governments,” Indian.
He also argued that due “to the smuggling and the entry of cocaine and coca leaves in large amounts it is important that a border limit is set.”
And sentenced: “If the National Government and the province of Salta chose to put a separation to limit the steps in Argentina, in Aguas Blancas, it is a measure that does not have to offend anyone, because the same is passed in customs, but with control measures ”
Finally, Jaldo reiterated: “We have to prevent toxic substances from entering the country and smuggling products that generate unfair competition with those produced here. Therefore, it is positive that the national government has reacted. In that sense, Tucumán always accompanied the fight against drug trafficking. ”
Rejection of customs to measure
The Chamber of Commerce of the city of Oran He warned that the construction of a spike wire fence in Aguas Blancas, in the border crossing with Bolivia, will not end the smuggling.
Its headline, Ariel Zablouk, asked to think about the people who work daily with the transport of merchandise. The mayor Adrián Zigarán reported that in the first days of February the envelopes will open to award the work.
Ariel ZabloukPresident of the Chamber of Commerce of the city of Oran, located 47 kilometers from the municipality of Aguas Blancas, where a 200 -meter wire will be mounted to make the border position with Bolivia more efficient, warned that this structure does not It will end the exchange of merchandise outside the official inspections.
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According to the mayor of Aguas Blancas, 85% of the merchandise that enters from Bolivia is made for illegal steps.
“It will be another filter but it is not something that will stop smuggling because to be cut, the first thing to do is think about the 3,000 families, the border workers, who are the ones who work and bring that merchandise “, He held in an interview with a Salta media.
The entrepreneur, who represents the 88 that integrates that entity, emphasized that jobs must be generated for the pins.
“That must be taken as the first measure because they are families that take the food dish to their homes in that way and we cannot leave them out of work,” he said. Anyway, he considered as positive some security measures that are being adopted between the Ministry of Security of the Nation, led by Patricia Bullrich, and the Salteño government with the Güemes Plan. In the last hours, the Salteño president Gustavo Sáenz supported the decision to raise the fence.
Source: Ambito