When the “Bukele method” wants to be exported to Argentina
The “Bukele method” could be emulated in Latin America... Argentinian President Javier Milei and his Security Minister Patricia Bullrich are full of praise for the President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, and want to draw inspiration from its security model.
Salvador, February 24, 2023: the transfer of the maras, a cleverly orchestrated staging to strike people's minds by the government of Nayib Bukele.
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with our correspondent in Buenos Aires,
Théo Conscience
Last week, Argentine Security Minister
Patricia Bullrich
met with the president of El Salvador on the sidelines of CPAC, the convention of American conservatives,
which Javier Milei also attended
.
The Argentine Minister of Security took the opportunity to tell him all the good things she thought of his policy to combat drug trafficking and insecurity, and affirmed that she wanted to “follow his model”.
Nayib Bukele
officially invited her to come to El Salvador, and renewed the offer of collaboration in security matters that he had made to Javier Milei during a conversation that the two heads of state had in early February.
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Salvador, February 24, 2023: the first 2,000 prisoners who are members of “maras” (gangs) were transferred on Friday to the “largest mega-prison in the Americas”, designed to accommodate 40,000 inmates.
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The situations in Argentina and El Salvador are not comparable
And the opposition to President Milei highlighted the incongruity of such a proposal.
With a rate of 4.6 homicides per 100,000 inhabitants, Argentina is even one of the safest countries in Latin America.
Certainly, drug trafficking is a problem in some areas, notably in the city of Rosario where the homicide rate is three times higher than the national average, but the situation is not as alarming as it might have been. be in El Salvador.
Insecurity
, on the other hand, is one of the main concerns
of Argentines, and Javier Milei and his Minister of Security have understood this well.
They campaigned on a policy of absolute firmness in criminal matters, criticizing the supposed laxity of the previous administration.
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A speech of firmness which has translated into actions since the election of Javier Milei.
The government announced two weeks ago a relaxation of the use of firearms by police forces in operation, and the Minister of Security should soon present a plan to combat drug trafficking.
But until now, it is mainly social organizations and demonstrators who have borne the brunt of the firmness policy promised by the new government.
Since December, the police have applied an anti-blockade protocol to each demonstration intended to prevent demonstrators from cutting off traffic.
To enforce it, the police did not hesitate to use tear gas and shoot demonstrators with rubber bullets.
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Furthermore, the government has also decided to send the unions and social movements which organize the demonstrations
the bill for the police measures put in place to supervise them.
Sanctions for parents who go to demonstrations with their children are also announced.
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