The Minister of Security of Santa Fe defended the Bukele-style requisition and anticipated: "We are going to act very strongly". Pablo Cococcioni spoke of the surprise operation in the Piñero prison after the attack on a penitentiary bus.

He warned that "those who continue to carry out illegal activities will have an increasingly worse time" It was after a shooting attack perpetrated last Saturday against two buses that were transporting personnel from the Santa Fe Penitentiary Service.