Argentina Gang Crackdown has actually Dried Up Cocaine Exports, Security
Patricia Bullrich says crackdown on drug gangs is succeeding
Cocaine exports to Europe have been blocked, she states
Murders in Rosario hub most affordable in at least a decade
By Lucinda Elliott
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Patricia Bullrich, Argentina's security minister, is on an objective to mark out drug gangs in the South American nation that have actually driven increasing violence and caused a spike in cocaine deliveries to Europe. She states she is being successful.
Argentina has grown in significance as a transit center for cocaine as production from Peru and Bolivia has flowed down crucial waterways and out through river ports such as that of Rosario, Lionel Messi's home town. Gang-related murders increased in tandem.
Bullrich, in an uncommon interview with international media, informed Reuters the year-old government of libertarian President Javier Milei was breaking up the gangs and blocking shipments from making their method to end markets, consisting of to Europe, where the cocaine market has expanded in current years.
"We have actually had record cocaine seizures which's created fantastic respect for us regionally and likewise in Europe, due to the fact that (in 2024) no delivery from Argentina was identified in Europe," she said at her workplace in Buenos Aires, including that "naturally there might be some deliveries that were undiscovered."
The security ministry validated that cocaine was not found in any shipments that crossed the South Atlantic from Argentina to a major European port in 2024. Reuters was unable to separately validate that.
Once a rival to Milei as the presidential prospect for the main conservative bloc, Bullrich is now leading the crackdown on criminal activity, tightening borders with Brazil and Bolivia, privatizing some jails and using artificial intelligence to track gangs.
Patricia Bullrich says crackdown on drug gangs is succeeding
Cocaine exports to Europe have been blocked, she states
Murders in Rosario hub most affordable in at least a decade
By Lucinda Elliott
BUENOS AIRES, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Patricia Bullrich, Argentina's security minister, is on an objective to mark out drug gangs in the South American nation that have actually driven increasing violence and caused a spike in cocaine deliveries to Europe. She states she is being successful.
Argentina has grown in significance as a transit center for cocaine as production from Peru and Bolivia has flowed down crucial waterways and out through river ports such as that of Rosario, Lionel Messi's home town. Gang-related murders increased in tandem.
Bullrich, in an uncommon interview with international media, informed Reuters the year-old government of libertarian President Javier Milei was breaking up the gangs and blocking shipments from making their method to end markets, consisting of to Europe, where the cocaine market has expanded in current years.
"We have actually had record cocaine seizures which's created fantastic respect for us regionally and likewise in Europe, due to the fact that (in 2024) no delivery from Argentina was identified in Europe," she said at her workplace in Buenos Aires, including that "naturally there might be some deliveries that were undiscovered."
The security ministry validated that cocaine was not found in any shipments that crossed the South Atlantic from Argentina to a major European port in 2024. Reuters was unable to separately validate that.
Once a rival to Milei as the presidential prospect for the main conservative bloc, Bullrich is now leading the crackdown on criminal activity, tightening borders with Brazil and Bolivia, privatizing some jails and using artificial intelligence to track gangs.