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<br>Patricia Bullrich states crackdown on drug gangs is being successful<br>
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<br>[Cocaine](https://www.tunisipweb.com) [exports](https://vetlek.ru) to Europe have been blocked, she states<br>
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<br>Murders in [Rosario center](https://osmosiscci.com) least [expensive](https://anchorwilmington.org) in a minimum of a decade<br>
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<br>By Elliott<br>
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<br>BUENOS AIRES, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Patricia Bullrich, [systemcheck-wiki.de](https://systemcheck-wiki.de/index.php?title=Benutzer:MadeleineHeist4) Argentina's security minister, is on an objective to stamp out [drug gangs](https://team.inria.fr) in the South American nation that have actually driven increasing [violence](https://cise.usal.es) and caused a spike in cocaine shipments to Europe. She says she is [prospering](https://lanuevenoticias.es).<br>
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<br>[Argentina](https://musiccosign.com) has actually grown in significance as a transit center for cocaine as [production](https://www.ville-bois-guillaume.fr) from Peru and Bolivia has actually streamed down [essential waterways](https://www.richretailers.com) and out through river ports such as that of Rosario, Lionel Messi's home town. Gang-related murders increased in tandem.<br>
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<br>Bullrich, in a rare interview with [international](https://supardating.com) media, informed Reuters the [year-old federal](https://ledzbor.no) government of [libertarian President](https://foe.gctu.edu.gh) [Javier Milei](http://brottum-il.no) was separating the gangs and [blocking deliveries](https://vanillafe.com) from making their way to end markets, including to Europe, where the [cocaine market](https://aghaleepharmacypractice.com) has [broadened](https://poetsandragons.com) in the last few years.<br>
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<br>"We've had record cocaine seizures and that's produced terrific respect for us regionally and likewise in Europe, due to the fact that (in 2024) no delivery from Argentina was detected in Europe," she said at her office in Buenos Aires, including that "of course there may be some shipments that were undiscovered."<br>
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<br>The security ministry confirmed that [cocaine](https://pensjonatorle.pl) was not discovered in any shipments that crossed the South Atlantic from Argentina to a significant European port in 2024. Reuters was not able to individually confirm that.<br>
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<br>Once a rival to Milei as the governmental candidate for the [main conservative](https://t20sports.com) bloc, Bullrich is now leading the crackdown on crime, [tightening borders](https://goraetv00.com) with Brazil and Bolivia, [privatizing](https://alcacompanysac.com) some jails and using expert system to [track gangs](https://win-doors.gr).<br>
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<br>In Rosario, according to [city government](https://chambersflooringcompany.com) figures, [murders dropped](https://vencaniceanastazija.com) to 90 last year - the most [affordable](https://drjorgeballi.com) in at least the last years and below almost 300 in 2022 and 261 in 2023, the year before Milei and Bullrich took office.<br>
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<br>"We chose to strike hard against the gangs," Bullrich said, [prawattasao.awardspace.info](http://prawattasao.awardspace.info/modules.php?name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&username=MaryMfc896) including that cooperation between the national and regional governments in Rosario had been an [essential](http://w.okhy.com) aspect, along with the courts taking a tougher line. The government has actually likewise targeted drug kingpins currently behind bars.<br>
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<br>"We eliminated the power that the drug employers had in the jails, who utilized the jails to keep their drug criminal activity rings going. We separated them," she said.<br>
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<br>Andrei Serbin Pont, an Argentine security and intelligence expert and president of regional think tank CRIES, [credited](https://computech.mn) an [emphasis](http://mob-service.de) on gathering intelligence with aiding the crime reduction.<br>
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<br>"There was a collective security effort by the nationwide government to focus on Rosario, with a concentrate on criminal intelligence instead of just having more cops on the streets, which is a far more feasible method," he said.<br>
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<br>Bullrich has actually sent out an expense to congress to develop a new [anti-mafia](https://www.kairospetrol.com) law, comparable to U.S. RICO legislation, to [remove criminal](https://designyourbrand.fr) networks, and said she has also gained from security forces in [Britain](http://121.181.234.77) and Italy.<br>
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<br>In 2015, she hosted El [Salvador's President](https://giffconstable.com) Nayib Bukele, and visited his mega-prison that holds tens of countless gang members in difficult conditions that have drawn praise from hardline law-and-order political leaders and [fishtanklive.wiki](https://fishtanklive.wiki/User:ChiOsr6587) criticism from rights groups. Photos have actually revealed rows of [tattooed](https://dev.roadsports.net) and topless prisoners kneeling with their hands behind the heads.<br>
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<br>"In our case, our system has been a bit, let's say, less harsh. But when we have to be difficult, we are difficult," said Bullrich.<br>
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<br>[TOUGHER](http://ricevilleutilitydistrict.org) BORDERS<br>
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<br>Bullrich informed Reuters she was reinforcing border controls to stop drug gangs, planning check outs to cocaine-growing areas in Peru, and [boosting cooperation](https://krishnauniverse.com) with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and Federal Bureau of Investigation.<br>
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<br>Bullrich said the border with Bolivia was being enhanced, consisting of by constructing a short stretch of wall in [northern Salta](https://edurich.lk) [province](https://tailored-resourcing.co.uk). [Argentina](http://jialcheerful.club3000) is also doing more [tracking](https://git.mm-ger.com) of entry points with Brazil where there had actually been a "lack of control in recent years," she said.<br>
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<br>"We're going to begin a program, a plan, we're taking troops to the border location with Brazil," she said.<br>
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<br>Authorities in [Bolivia](https://www.kermoflies.de) and [bbarlock.com](https://bbarlock.com/index.php/User:CelindaFogg131) Brazil did not immediately react to a request for [garagesale.es](https://www.garagesale.es/author/siobhancedi/) remark. [Brazil's Minister](https://www.wtfbellingham.com) of Justice, Ricardo Lewandowski, last week invited the idea of enhancing border [security](https://www.richretailers.com) in a [response](https://ozgurtasdemir.net) to the measures.<br>
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<br>Bullrich, a political veteran who has brought Milei essential center-ground support, [forum.pinoo.com.tr](http://forum.pinoo.com.tr/profile.php?id=1324171) said she had actually been won over to the libertarian's broader [economic](https://vailmillrace.com) and social reforms beyond his security focus, which have divided Argentines however helped [stabilize](https://cparupanco.org) the nation.<br>
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<br>The 2 are previous rivals. During the election race, Milei labeled her a leftist "bomb-thrower" - a referral to her time with the youth wing of the [Peronist movement](https://hohnhausen-psychotherapie.de) - to which Bullrich had actually shot back that the former financial expert was [mentally unsteady](https://outcastband.co.uk).<br>
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<br>[Bullrich](https://dndaircraftdecals.com) said the distinctions were now behind them and she and her bloc were [helping](http://rpg.harrypotterhaven.net) him as he seeks to gain seats in [legal mid-term](https://subemultimedia.com) elections set for later on this year.<br>
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<br>"We're more libertarian than conservative now," she said.<br>
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<br>(Reporting by [Lucinda Elliott](http://www.xn--k9jiy8cp3c4c.leosv.com). Additional reporting by [Lisandra](https://jobs.careersingulf.com) Paraguassu in [Brasilia](http://j3.liga.net.pl) and Daniel Ramos in La Paz
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