The Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, said this afternoon after the deportation of the relatives of the Ecuadorian drug trafficker Fito Macías: “We are proud that Argentina
is a hostile territory
for a gang of drug traffickers that wanted to come and settle in Argentina.”
This is how he alluded
to the security policy of his predecessor Aníbal Fernández of the Frente de Todos government
.
Especially during the presidential administration of Cristina Kirchner, although some had entered with Carlos Menen, when
López Londoño “Mi Sangre”, Luis Agustín Caicedo Velandia or Fernando Álvarez Meyendorff
, among others, entered the country.
They did it alone or some with their families, protected by the delay of justice in condemning this type of crimes.
In a press conference held this afternoon at the headquarters of the Ministry of Security, he highlighted: “A few days ago we were surprised by a situation
of extremely high danger in the Republic of Ecuador,
where a cartel called Los Choneros put the Ecuadorian people and government in suspense. taking over canals and universities and killing police and penitentiaries in prisons.”
“This meant a situation
of enormous danger for Argentina.
From the national government we had an alert from the Ecuadorian authorities that the family of this murderer was hiding in the province of Córdoba,” he added.
He specified that “we began an operation with the anti-terrorist department and with the head of the Argentine Federal Police, Commissioner General Rollé, and with the team of the Secretariat for the Fight against Drug Trafficking, headed by Martín Barbier, to analyze the possible expulsion of this family".
“
We unified
two investigations: the Córdoba Police and the Federal Police worked together, in a high-precision operation,” he said.
For his part, the Minister of Defense, Luís Petri, expressed: “
It was an unprecedented operation
due to the danger of the people who were involved and the speed with which the work was carried out” thanks to the use of an Air Force plane. for the transfer of detainees.
"The operation was completed in record time, since the arrest was yesterday at 8:00 p.m. and the expulsion from the country took place today at 2:50 a.m.," he emphasized.
“I want to highlight the work of Brigadier General Xavier Julián Isaac, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces, and of Brigadier Major Fernando Luis Mengo, chief of the General Staff of the Argentine Air Force, because they made it possible for these people
linked to narcoterrorism
that today plagues Ecuador could be quickly expelled,” he said.
In turn, the Minister of the Interior, Guillermo Francos, outlined: “Immigration made the decision to cancel the temporary residence of the family of this drug criminal” and
announced that from now on, families of drug traffickers will be automatically deported.
“The Government is determined to protect Argentines and show the world that Argentina
is not going to be a den of criminals or family members of criminals
,” Franco added.