The head of the Buenos Aires government, Jorge Macri, reaffirmed his commitment to a policy of zero tolerance in front of the riots and acts of violence in the city. At a press conference at the Chacarita Urban Monitoring Center, he warned that their management will not allow organized groups to turn the streets into the territory of impunity.
“The city suffered an absolutely unacceptable street violence. Professional criminals attacked security forces with stones, sticks, incendiary material and even firearms. We are not going to allow it. We are going to prosecute those responsible and we will pay for damages ”said Macri, accompanied by the Minister of Security, Horacio Giménez, the Secretary of Security, Maximiliano Piñeiro, and the head of the City Police, Diego Casaló.
Police arrested 94 peoplealthough justice ordered its release during the early morning. “That does not mean impunity. We will advance with the complaints to respond to the law. Many of them have a history of serious crimes such as theft, attack on the authority and repeated violation of the Drug Law ”the head of government detailed.
As reported by Macri, More than half of the detainees have a criminal recordincluding infractions to the Law of Drugs, theft, theft, attack and resistance to authority, damages and injuries. In addition, several brave bars and leaders linked to clubs such as Deportivo Español and Nueva Chicago were identified, who actively participated in the disturbances.
The balance of violence was serious: 25 wounded protestersamong them the photographer Pablo Grillo, who is in critical condition; 20 hospitalized policeone of them with a bullet impact; and substantial material damage, including Two patrolmen, four motorcycles and 89 containers destroyed or burned. Only container damage represents a cost of $ 414 million For the city. Macri also highlighted the actions of the city police and said that, without his intervention, “they would have been able to destroy everything.”
The Head of Government was sharp: “Zero tolerance with the violent, with the organized mafias and with whom they make violence a life system. Violence has no political justification “. He stressed that these groups distorted a legitimate demonstration and turned it into a chaos scenario.
The city already works in a joint judicial case with the national government for Identify all those responsible and ensure that they are sanctioned. “We have evidence and continue to collect more to build a blunt cause. We are not going to allow Buenos Aires to live in fear or to destroy public goods without consequences”Macri said.
Finally, the Head of Government closed with a direct message: “The public space belongs to everyone. No one is above the law. We will assert the effort of each taxpayer and to defend the city with all the force of the State ”.
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