Carolina Losada and Aníbal Fernández got involved in a fight on Twitter over insecurity in Rosario. The exchange came after the Minister of National Security mocked a statement by the senator for Together for Change, whom he called a "modest caricature." The pre-candidate for governor of Santa Fe picked up the glove and replied loudly: "Don't you get tired of making papers?"
It all came about when Fernández shared the image of an interview that Losada gave on TV. There you could read one of his sentences. "In Rosario, the gendarmes hitchhike," the former TV host said.
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Madam... his lack of training and ease of lying is known, but trying to offend a federal force to take an eventual advantage, turns it into a modest caricature," wrote the official of Alberto Fernández, with his provocative style that bordered on machismo.
Hours later, Losada made his discharge. "Don't you get tired of making papers? The problem is that we pay for their mistakes with our lives," he started forcefully in his reply.
"I defend the forces. They are aggrieved by their government that does not strategically direct them against drug crime, that does not equip them and that does not give them logistics," the candidate for governor of Santa Fe added.
In addition, he shared the link to a note in the newspaper Rosario3. In that text, journalist Daniel Amoroso points out the shortcomings of the deployment of the Gendarmerie in Rosario.
"The vast majority work on foot, without vehicles. In the middle of their journeys, many ask to be lent a bathroom since they do not have in the hottest neighborhoods a place to stop during the rondines or grids, as they usually call their actions in the streets, "he says in the journalistic note. And he adds: "The buses that transport the Gendarmerie personnel, for the most part, are out of service because they do not have air conditioning or do not have the vehicle technical verification."
After many complaints from the administration about the increase in insecurity and lack of personnel, last November the national government sent 200 gendarmes to complete the reinforcement of 1,000 members of that force in the populous city of Santa Fe.
Four months later, in March, the government sent an additional 400 unarmed gendarmes and federal police. However, it did not manage to dispose of the 1,575 agents that it had promised in October 2021 when Aníbal Fernández landed in the cabinet in the middle of the change of ministers after the defeat in the PASO.
For his part, Losada has been questioning the management of the Security portfolio in Rosario, as part of his campaign to reach the provincial governorship. In that sense, at the beginning of May he launched his first promise. "If I'm governor, I'm going to live here," said the senator, who was born in the city.
Anibal Fernandez questioned Carolina Losada for a statement about the gendarmes in Rosario. Photo Juan José García
"What is it to live in Santa Fe? I'm here half the week. Half or maybe more of the week I'm here. So what is it like to live in Santa Fe? Where do you live? I have an address here," Losada explained.
A history of fights between Carolina Losada and Aníbal Fernández
The Minister of Security and the JxC candidate had already crossed paths on other occasions. Last August, Fernández spoke in the Senate, where Losada addressed him vehemently.
Carolina Losada and a history of discussions with Minister Anibal Fernandez. Photo Juan José García
"If you believe that what was done now is fine then we are in the oven, because people are desperate," the journalist told her. And he went on to list supposed homicide figures per 100,<> inhabitants, with comparisons with Mexico City.
"Senator, the question is impossible. Mexico 28.4!" the minister exasperated. "These are United Nations figures!" After hearing the speaker's response, he left the room.
Two months later, Losada said that "in a corner of Rosario babies are sold for 60,<> pesos," a phrase that had wide rebound. "Did you make the formal complaint before the federal justice of Rosario? She should know that it is her obligation as a public official, in the face of a very serious crime that affects the right to identity and contrary to human dignity," the minister said then.
And Losada used his hose. "Minister... It doesn't stop making papers," he wrote on social networks. "The case was filed with Federal Prosecutor's Office 3 and was denounced by the Office of the Ombudsman for Children and Adolescents of the Province of Santa Fe."
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