Security Minister Patricia Bullrich announced yesterday a national security emergency in Argentina, part of the government’s plan to combat organised crime.
The measure was approved at a meeting of the Interior Security Council, and will be implemented by a presidential decree from Mauricio Macri.
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Patricia Bullrich and the Interior Security Council (Photo via prensa argentina)
“The concept of the [security] emergency is in a broad sense,” Bullrich told the press after the meeting, although she clarified that drug trafficking and large-scale crime would be the main priorities.
“It has to do with organised, complex crime and looking after the public. But there are also longer term issues, such as seeking agreements in education, that are not specifically related to the emergency,” added Bullrich.
The meeting included security ministers from all the provinces throughout the country, as well as the heads of various police and security forces including the federal, metropolitan, navy, and border apparatuses in an attempt to “coordinate mechanisms of action together.”
Bullrich outlined the creation of a new border secretariat that would work in “provinces that have problems with drug trafficking.” She also proposed various goals for the future of policing in Argentina.
“The Ministry of Homeland Security will seek police models that are increasingly compatible with absolute respect to federalism,” Bullrich said. She went on to stress the “need for crime statistics and models to help properly educate police forces and public safety programs.”
With specific regards to the province of Buenos Aires, the security minister for the province, Cristian Ritondo, informed the committee that Governor María Eugenia Vidal had sent a proposal to the provincial congress to declare a security emergency for one year.
The measure would give the government power to “reorganise and plan aspects of management, enhance operational areas, allow state bodies to acquire equipment, and realise development efforts to create more effective security.”
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