News of police

Milei announces overhaul of Federal Police’s powers

17-06-2025 23:10 Government moves to grant Federal Police officers greater freedom to detain suspects and investigate crimes; Rights groups express concerns over new statutes.

Police Protest Crackdown

Pro-Morales protesters clash with police in Bolivia, dozens arrested

15-01-2025 17:04 Bolivian police arrest more than 40 supporters of Evo Morales as political and judicial tensions soar.

TRAGEDY IN BRAZIL

At least one dead and 16 missing after bridge collapse in Brazil

23-12-2024 21:13 One person has died and 16 are missing following the collapse of a bridge between Maranhão and Tocantins. President Lula promises federal support for rescue operations and an investigation.

CRIME & SECURITY

‘Narco-terrorists’ make death threats against security minister, governor

02-12-2024 16:18 Security Minister Patricia Bullrich vows to clamp down on “narco-terrorists” after threats against her and Santa Fe Province Governor Maximilaino Pullaro in video.

COURTS

Police in Argentina arrest man over Brazil coup attempt

15-11-2024 10:00 Police in La Plata arrest man wanted over attempted coup in Brazil last year.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Ex-cop, ex-Army officer sentenced to lengthy jail terms for 1970s crimes

01-10-2024 15:12 Néstor Ciaramella and Enrique Del Pino found guilty of kidnapping, torture, disappearances, murder, sexual abuse and other crimes committed against 185 people between 1974 and 1977, in the lead up to the military dictatorship.

CRIME & SECURITY

Police arrest seven members of ‘radical Islamic terrorist group’

18-08-2024 09:40 Security Minister Patricia Bullrich says on social media that eight Federal Police raids have "dismantled a dangerous organisation linked to a radical Islamic terrorist group"; She says "anti-Christian, anti-Jewish" group , identified after threatening a journalist of the Jewish community."

PROTESTS IN POSADAS

Police protest lifted after pay deal, two weeks of tension in Misiones ends

29-05-2024 10:40 After 13 days of tension and demonstrations in Posadas, Misiones police seal pay deal with provincial government and lift protest.

SOCIAL UNREST

Police in Misiones take to streets as pay protest intensifies

20-05-2024 13:16 Active and retired police officers in Misiones Province stage street demonstrations in demand of better pay.

POLITICS

Police raid soup kitchens as government claims 47% ‘do not exist’

16-05-2024 17:21 According to the Human Capital Ministry, almost half of registered soup kitchens and emergency canteens surveyed presented irregularities such as ghost addresses. No details of full list, but government claims address of one was listed as residence in a gated community.

SOCIAL UNREST

Eleven arrests as police crack down on protesters in Buenos Aires

10-04-2024 16:28 Police water cannons, tear gas and rubber bullets to break up a temporary blockade of Avenida 9 de Julia.

POLITICS

Police clash with social organisations during anti-austerity protests

19-03-2024 17:08 Clashes as social organisations and picket groups demonstrate against growing hunger and lack of aid to food banks and soup kitchens. Protesters and journalists wounded.

CRIME & SECURITY

Federal troops arrive in Rosario as drug violence, paralyses city

14-03-2024 21:53 After a week marked by a wave of violence, murder and drug-trafficking, 450 reinforcements arrive in troubled city, adding to the 2,000 members of the Coast Guard, Border Guard, Federal Police and Airport Security Force who are providing support.

CRIME & SECURITY

Santa Fe governor orders Bukele-style tactics for narcos in Rosario

11-03-2024 12:53 Santa Fe Province Governor Maximiliano Pullaro is angering narco bosses with his Bukele-style approach to tackling drug violence in dangerous Rosario.

POLITICS

Security Minister Patricia Bullrich deepens anti-picket doctrine

19-02-2024 16:37 Argentina's security minister is moving forward with her anti-picket protocol with social conflict on the rise and wants the courts to be swifter in lifting roadblocks – the order from her portfolio is not to dialogue with social organisations and union leaders.

by Ezequiel Spillman

FOOTBALL VIOLENCE

Two football fan deaths puts hooliganism back on agenda

07-02-2024 13:17 One fan stabbed to death during Chacarita Juniors-Deportivo Maipú match, another suffers same fate before Gimnasia Mendoza-Defensores del Belgrano clash.

Omnibus Protests

Four women arrested for peaceful protest outside Congress released after outcry

01-02-2024 19:01 Argentine federal police arrested and detained four women singing the national anthem on the curb in front of Congress Plaza. Following backlash from officials and political parties on social media, all were released this morning.

by Ashton Goren

CRIME & SECURITY

Suspect arrested as family holds service for slain nine-year-old

23-01-2024 11:47 Devastated by the death of Umma Aguilera, relatives of the victim hold a wake for their beloved; Killing of nine-year-old daughter of Partricia Bullrich’s custodian believed to have been carried out by four individuals, police are still searching for three remaining suspects.

VIOLENCE AT MARACANÃ

Attack on fans overshadows Argentina historic win over Brazil

22-11-2023 12:52 Violence at the Maracanã as Brazilian police attack Argentina fans; Messi leads players off pitch in protest; Albiceleste goes on to win 1-0, breaking Brazil’s unbeaten qualifying run dating back to 1954.

MUSIC & CULTURE

Cumbia singer L-Gante released from jail after three months

09-09-2023 12:42 Popular cumbia singer L-Gante was released from jail on Friday night after three months behind bars.

News of police

Milei announces overhaul of Federal Police’s powers

Pro-Morales protesters clash with police in Bolivia, dozens arrested

At least one dead and 16 missing after bridge collapse in Brazil

‘Narco-terrorists’ make death threats against security minister, governor

Police in Argentina arrest man over Brazil coup attempt

Ex-cop, ex-Army officer sentenced to lengthy jail terms for 1970s crimes

Police arrest seven members of ‘radical Islamic terrorist group’

Police protest lifted after pay deal, two weeks of tension in Misiones ends

Police in Misiones take to streets as pay protest intensifies

Police raid soup kitchens as government claims 47% ‘do not exist’

Eleven arrests as police crack down on protesters in Buenos Aires

Police clash with social organisations during anti-austerity protests

Federal troops arrive in Rosario as drug violence, paralyses city

Santa Fe governor orders Bukele-style tactics for narcos in Rosario

Security Minister Patricia Bullrich deepens anti-picket doctrine

Two football fan deaths puts hooliganism back on agenda

Four women arrested for peaceful protest outside Congress released after outcry

Suspect arrested as family holds service for slain nine-year-old

Attack on fans overshadows Argentina historic win over Brazil

Cumbia singer L-Gante released from jail after three months

The risks of the Milei government’s economic plan

Milei tightens grip on Argentina's currency market left awash in pesos

Trump backs Argentina in legal bid to suspend YPF share handover

Court orders ex-president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, other defendants ordered to pay US$535 million

Living alone: one in four Argentine homes has a single occupant

Encuesta: cuánto mide Karina Milei, a nivel nacional y en la provincia de Buenos Aires

Beatriz Sarlo y la disputa por la herencia: la pericia caligráfica del testamento ológrafo ya tiene resultado y fue sumada al expediente

La irregularidad clave que detectó la Justicia: qué había dentro de las valijas libertarias

Luis Caputo contra los bancos: “Si insisten con no acatar las normas, habrá que tomar medidas”

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