The head of the Buenos Aires Government, Jorge Macri made a request this Friday to the City police officers who live in the province of Buenos Aires: that they use bulletproof vests to go to and from their homes. The measure arises from recent facts of insecurity that some troops suffered.
In his their houses.” He assured that it is a ”extreme measure”which allows us to give the forces ”one more tool in the face of the inaction of the provincial government”.
”We cannot continue exposing those who take care of us because the Conurbano is out of control. In the last 4 years, of 13 City police officers murdered, 12 were in the PBA. It’s time for the governor to do his job and take care of security”, he closed, pointing to Axel Kicillof.
The recent precedent for which Macri crossed Kicillof
A city police He was murdered in cold blood in an attempted robbery in Remedios de Escalada, Lanús district. Due to the event that occurred, 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 event took place on September 19 at the intersection of Zuloaga and May 2, in Buenos Aires territory. The victim, identified as José Luis Gómez, was in civilian clothes when he was approached by criminals who tried to rob him.
According to reports, the police officer arrived 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 via 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 the main José Luis Gómez was murdered after an attempted robbery when he returned to his home in Lanús. In the last 4 years, of 13 City Police officers murdered, 12 were in the PBA. It is time for the governor to react and take care of security in the Buenos Aires suburbs,” Macri denounced.
In the same tone, the Buenos Aires Minister of Security, Waldo Wolffalso expressed his condolences through social networks: “Let true justice be done quickly and let the murderers pay for this heinous crime. My condolences to the force and their families at this difficult time. RIP,” said the official.
Insecurity in the province of Buenos Aires
According to the report released by the Buenos Aires Public Ministrythe intentional homicide rate rose by 14.8% in Buenos Aires during 2023 compared to 2022. The suburbs are the area where the highest number of cases were recorded.
The data in the report reflects only the criminal acts that became criminal cases and are treated as such within the framework of preparatory criminal investigations (IPP) by the prosecutor’s offices that make up the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
He Survey Report on Preparatory Criminal Investigations for Intentional Homicides indicates that during the year 2023, 2,012 cases were initiated for intentional homicides, of which 40.9% (822) were completed acts and the remaining 59.1% (1,190) were attempted. Regarding the events that occurred, more than half of the cases, the 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 IIPs They began in the judicial departments of the suburbs, 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 Lomas de Zamorawith a 36% more cases compared to 2022..
However, it is worth noting that the analysis of recent years shows a 10.5% decrease in homicides since 2019. Since then, his low was registered in 2022 and then the data reflected a new climb of cases in 2023.
Source: Ambito
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