A prosecutor from La Matanza admitted the reappearance of insecurity in the GBA

08/10/2020 - 15:43

• Clarín.com
• Police

Insecurity in the Buenos Aires suburbs has increased after a temporary relief since the mandatory quarantine was decreed on March 20 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Different prosecutors consulted by Clarín already admitted it at the end of June, when they said that the offices were "exploited" for causes.

This was ratified last weekend by the head of UFI No. 12 of the La Matanza Judicial Department, Carlos Arribas, who admitted a "reappearance" of crime and specified that a weekly average enters his prosecutor's office "that varies between 700 and 1,000 causes ”with“ 35 to 45 apprehended ” .

“In my office I have a weekly average of between 700 and 1,000 cases that are admitted for different crimes and half of them are serious. The rest are investigation of whereabouts or minor crimes, "said the judicial official to" Situation Room "which is broadcast by" AM con Vos . "

Arribas pointed out that "at the beginning of the isolation there was a decrease (in crime), but now the violence is seen and is in the light of day ."

The Minister of National Security, Sabina Frederic, had raised controversy with her statements "There are not many robberies, but the media make them visible." After this, the Chief of Staff, Santiago Cafiero, disavowed her and the official admitted: "We are seeing that there is an increase in crime, but above all in violence. Both things worry us, but violence worries us much more. because it is the risk of life ".

Arribas pointed out that "La Matanza has a big problem" which is the border with the City of Buenos Aires. “They pass us from one side of General Paz to the other. We try to work together with the City Police, but if not the situation is impossible to control. If we don't have controls in the steps it seems very difficult to control ”, he explained.

The prosecutor discouraged the use of firearms in civil society and indicated that the State must protect it. “What I am asking is that people demand justice. He must come to the prosecution and demand us because we are public officials and that is what we are for, "he added.

In addition, he stressed that the most frequent criminal modalities are "entrances" and thefts produced by "motochorros".

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