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Anti-narcotics forces deployed in Rosario as homicide numbers climb

09-03-2023 13:57 Argentina’s government sends reinforcements to combat drug-trafficking in Rosario, where more than one death per day has been registered in March.

Violence in Rosario

Investigators: Attackers of Messi's in-laws’ supermarket seeking ‘impact’

03-03-2023 17:25 Threatening attack on supermarket owned by Lionel Messi's in-laws was intended to "generate intimidation" and "public impact," investigators said Friday.

CRIME & SECURITY

Security minister under fire after admitting ‘narcos have won’ in Rosario

02-03-2023 19:45 Aníbal Fernández slammed by opposition after asserting that the “narcos have won” in Rosario; Comments delivered in aftermath of threats and shooting at supermarket owned by family of Lionel Messi’s wife.

CRIME & SECURITY

Violence in Rosario persists with 19 homicides in January

02-03-2023 16:15 The year 2022 closed with a record 288 homicides in Greater Rosario, with January’s 19 homicides promising a continuation to the incessant violence in the city. Estimates show that 2023 will follow the same path or even exceed last year's number of crimes.

CRIME & SECURITY

Shots fired, threats left at supermarket belonging to Messi's wife's family

02-03-2023 12:07 Narco violence in Rosario escalates as supermarket belonging to the family of Antonela Rocuzzo, the wife of Lionel Messi, was hit by a mafia-style attack in the early hours of Thursday morning.

CRIME & SECURITY

Santa Fe governor fires security minister as narco violence worsens

09-02-2023 14:41 Following a week of violence, the provincial governor dismissed Rubén Rimoldi from his post and appointed Claudio Brilloni, commander of the National Board Guard, in his place. There were also changes in local police leadership.