ELECTION 2023 Berni alleges Peronist mayors made electoral deals with Milei 30-08-2023 15:35 Buenos Aires Province security minister seems to confirm widespread rumour that Unión por la Patria leaders “assembled" electoral lists for Javier Milei's party.
ELECTIONS 2023: PROFILE Patricia Bullrich vows crackdown to halt sell-off 14-05-2023 08:06 Argentina is suffering economic carnage – this hard-liner thinks she has the solution.
Eugenio Burzaco interview City security minister: ‘Tasers will be operational in Buenos Aires by June or July’ 18-04-2023 16:09 Buenos Aires City Security Minister Eugenio Burzaco reveals in an interview that the first shipment of tasers will arrive this month and City Hall hopes to have 100 in use by the end of the year.
ELECTIONS 2023 Aníbal Fernández predicts ‘repression and blood’ if right wins election 13-04-2023 13:58 Argentina’s national security minister says there will be “deaths and streets strewn with blood” if opposition Juntos por el Cambio or libertarian right-wingers win election.
POLITICS City security minister Marcelo D’Alessandro resigns post 23-03-2023 08:44 Buenos Aires City security and justice minister, who has been on leave for three months, resigns following scandal prompted by Lago Escondido leaked chat messages.
'BULLRICHMANIA' With Macri watching on, Bullrich outlines presidential ambitions 08-06-2022 15:53 Patricia Bullrich outlines her vision of Argentina’s future and shows off the key figures behind her 2023 bid for the Casa Rosada. by Gabriel Ziblat
CRIME Contaminated cocaine: Investigators switch focus to different drug gang 25-02-2022 17:27 Investigators believe gang led by convicted drug-trafficker Miguel Ángel 'Mameluco' Villalba is linked to the sale of tainted cocaine that killed 24 people last month.
CRIME & SECURITY Contaminated cocaine: Authorities probing six new hospitalisations in Rosario 07-02-2022 15:14 Authorities are investigating whether the hospitalisation of six people in the city of Rosario is linked to the contaminated cocaine tragedy that has already taken 24 lives.
CRIME & SECURITY ‘Laced cocaine’ tragedy exposes reality of drug trade in Argentina 07-02-2022 14:49 Expert prosecutor Mónica Cuñarro says drug business “diversified and atomised” during the coronavirus pandemic, creating the conditions for last week's tragedy.
CRIME & SECURITY Death toll from laced cocaine tragedy climbs to 24 04-02-2022 22:58 At least 24 people have died and more than 200 have sought medical attention in Buenos Aires Province after consuming cocaine that prosecutors believe was cut with a toxic substance.
'LACED COCAINE' CRIME ‘I’m hoping for a miracle’ – Families of cocaine victims appeal for help 04-02-2022 02:47 Families of the “contaminated cocaine” victims plead with the authorities for help, asking that the tragedy “serves” to help addicts.
INTERVIEW / PERIODISMO PURO Aníbal Fernández: ‘The worst for Alberto has already happened’ 10-12-2021 23:30 Security Minister Aníbal Fernández on Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, his provocative rhetoric, political experience and why Argentina is beginning a new stage of government with a newly empowered Alberto Fernández. by Jorge Fontevecchia