Rosario needs to show another face and is determined to bring some peace of mind to a society immersed in anguish and fear.
On Wednesday, more federal forces agents arrived to complete the
450 announced
by Security Minister Patricia Bullrich and this past noon on Thursday it was the turn of the arrival of new resources
to begin the deployment through the hottest areas
of the city of Santa Fe.
Under heavy rain,
Clarín
witnessed the arrival of
18 mobile phones and 6 trucks
to the Special Rapid Deployment Group "General Martín Miguel de Güemes" of the
Argentine Army
.
Pablo Javkin, mayor of Rosario, and Federico Angelini, undersecretary of Intervention of Federal de la Nación, were there.
"We are receiving a first round of logistical support from the Armed Forces and the Army, which will be complemented in the coming days with the imminent arrival of helicopters, drones and Unimog trucks."
Starting this Thursday, the federal forces began to deploy security strategies "in the new areas of engagement coordinated with the municipality (Rosario) and the province (Santa Fe). They are specific neighborhoods that cover the areas of Ludueña, Empalme Graneros, Tablada and General Las Heras, Triángulo Moderno, Vía Honda and Barrio Banana. This logistical support allows for
greater coverage
in order to achieve more presence in the hottest places," explained Angelini.
The authorities make it known that they have the need to
respond to the neighbor with facts
.
"We want them to see that we are working hard so that we all feel safer. That is what we can tell the neighbors. It is also
a message for criminals
: let them know that
"When they want to leave their house we will be there to catch them."
From the National Government and also from the municipality of Rosario it was said that "they do not seek to attract attention or generate sensation by placing a prefect, a federal police officer or a gendarme with a helmet in the heart of the city. We came to Rosario to pacify it, so that the people of Rosario can live better and in the neighborhood where the neighbor is located they can be calm.
Mayor Javkin and Undersecretary of Federal Intervention Angelini explain the new logistics resources.
Photo Juan José García
"We have been working since the beginning of January and although it is true that serious things happened last few days, in the first two months
we achieved good results
and a significant reduction in the number of murders," Angelini and Javkin said.
According to
Clarín
, in 2023, between January 1 and March 14 there were 77 homicides, while this year, in the same period,
it fell by 60 percent: 30 murders
.
"In addition to the decrease in murders, harmful crimes, robberies, break-ins and shootings decreased. Of course, in this moment of escalation we are going to show a greater presence of the State, but of a coordinated State, between the Nation, Province and Municipality. Here no one is saves himself and we want the criminals to be exposed.
Javkin talks about how "work is hour by hour, day by day, this is not the time to take stock since Monday, when Minister Bullrich met with Governor Pullaro. This is not just one thing, there are many and at the same time time. And we must generate an action every day, with air and ground reinforcements. Everything has to do with logistical support to achieve the objective."
The new units join the General Güemes Special Rapid Deployment Group detachment.
Photo Juan José García
What is sought with this operation?
"Let what we experienced last week, and what we continue to experience (
threats
of all kinds in the field of health and education) end. We intend to win the battle for normality in the city. We cannot allow Rosario to be paralyzed anymore. and that terror is instilled, for that the main task is to provide security in the territory to recover normality with a firm political decision: no one is going to go back on any of the measures that were adopted (those carried out in prisons with prisoners of high profiles) and that evidently generated this reaction. That crime does not have the freedom that it had neither in prison nor on the street," Javkin emphasized.
Many people from Rosario, skeptical and based on similar situations that occurred in 2023, assure that
when the cameras and microphones leave, the security personnel will also leave
.
The arrival of the teams to the city.
Photo Juan José García
"There are no deadlines here, we are going to stay in Rosario as long as necessary. It is the decision of President Javier Milei and Security Minister Patricia Bullrich," Angelini said.
"I want to emphasize that we are working very hard on criminal and penitentiary intelligence, and it is known that most of the crimes that happen in Rosario originate in prisons, which is why we are cutting all those links between criminals and the outside world."
The representative of the national government also thanked "the Prefecture, Gendarmerie, Federal Police, the Army, the Navy and PSA, who
reacted and responded immediately
to the calls of President Milei, Governor Pullaro and Mayor Javkin to pacify the city. It is about of people who are not from Rosario, who come from other destinations, leaving their families to come and help the residents of that city.
"With the measures we are taking, we want Rosario to never be paralyzed by terror again," Javkin and Angelini said.
Photo Juan José García
What to tell the residents of Rosario about these operations that will be implemented?
"First, that the fear of going out on the street will be felt by criminals, not by good citizens, who will live their lives without problems. We know that we are on the right path, that
with the measures we are taking we are cutting off their business and the capacity for violence that they want to impose
. Today the neighbor deserves work, not distractions, that is why we insist: we are giving everything to return to normality. We want Rosario to never be paralyzed again," Javkin concluded.
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