News of security ministry

Bullrich ploughs cash into immigration controls, unveils new force

25-11-2025 16:33 The sum in question is 181 billion pesos, included in the 2026 Budget; additional funds will be needed for the new border-control force.

Politics

Government hails Army chief appointment, opposition voices criticism

23-11-2025 10:06 Milei, Caputo, Bullrich and Adorni welcome the arrival of Monteoliva and Presti – but Peronist leaders brands appointment of new Defence chief “enormous step backwards.”

POLITICS

Milei puts military back in charge of defence after 42 years of civilian rule

23-11-2025 09:57 President Javier Milei names Lieutenant General Carlos Presti, current head of the Army, as Argentina’s new defence minister; Opposition criticises move as "step backwards"; Since December 1983, when Raúl Alfonsín began his Presidency following the end of military dictatorship, all post-holders have been civilians.

PRESS FREEDOM

Judge bans release of Karina Milei audios amid scandal

01-09-2025 18:47 Federal judge in Argentina blocks journalists from releasing audio recordings of President Javier Milei’s sister, Karina, in the midst of a bribery scandal.

POLITICS

Milei set to lose Bullrich and Petri after elections, reshuffle ahead

18-08-2025 12:42 Security and Defence ministers likely to leave Cabinet in December; Former Juntos por el Cambio presidential ticket now set to run for congressional posts representing La Libertad Avanza.

CRIME & SECURITY

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.

CRIME & SECURITY

Argentina applies new ‘anti-mafia law’ in Rosario

16-05-2025 12:49 Milei government applies “anti-mafia law” against organised crime in troubled Santa Fe city; Rosario becomes first place in country to see application of new crime-fighting law.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Milei to visit Spain, make second trip to Israel

04-03-2025 14:49 President Javier Milei will travel to Tel Aviv on March 23, according to the government; La Libertad Avanza leader hopes to meet PM Netanyahu and ink memorandum on security and defence collaboration.

by James Grainger

CRIME & SECURITY

Argentina to declare Mapuche group RAM a ‘terrorist organisation’

05-02-2025 14:28 Security Minister targets Facundo Jones Huala, the leader of the RAM indigenous group, over fires in Patagonia and vows to declare it a "terrorist organisation.”

GOVERNMENT & POLITICS

Milei boosts Bullrich’s role in Cabinet reshaping

04-02-2025 14:17 President elevates Security minister’s role in restructuring of government ministries; Bullrich’s portfolio given “national” tag in move to underline importance of role, Press Secretariat abolished.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Amnesty Int’l urges Milei to respect rights after year of ‘confrontation’

19-12-2024 14:18 Data compiled by rights NGO shows more than 1,100 people were injured in protest “repression” during Milei’s first year in office

by James Grainger

TERROR ATTACKS

Argentina names Hezbollah operative behind AMIA, Israeli Embassy attacks

31-10-2024 15:54 Security Minister Patricia Bullrich reveals identity of top Hezbollah leader in Latin America, alleging Hussein Ahmad Karaki was responsible for the AMIA community centre and Israeli Embassy bombings in the 1990s.

Disappearance of Loan Danilo Peña

Aunt of missing five-year-old child Loan testifies he was ‘run over’

29-06-2024 15:23 Confession delivers unexpected twist in missing child case; Loan Danilo Peña, last seen two weeks ago, was “run over” by ex-Navy officer Carlos Pérez and ex-municipal employee María Victoria Caillava, says aunt; Police believe body may have been buried in cover-up.

CRIME & SECURITY

Prison breaks in Buenos Aires: 19 inmates escape in 20 days, many convicts at large

23-04-2024 16:04 Fugitives on the run in Argentina – overcrowding at police stations in and across the capital allows detainees to escape from jail.

CRIME & SECURITY

‘Plot’ twist: Court frees trio held over ‘terrorist act’ plan

16-01-2024 14:49 Members of “possible terrorist cell” denounced publicly by Security Minister Patricia Bullrich released due to lack of evidence; Accused must appear before the courts once a month and may not leave Argentina.

GENDER VIOLENCE

Femicides up as Milei seeks to weaken protections

13-01-2024 22:18 Argentina registered 322 femicides in 2023, a figure equivalent to almost one murder a day, according to government data.

CRIME & SECURITY

Police arrest three foreigners on terrorism plot suspicions

04-01-2024 13:19 Security Minister Patricia Bullrich assures that suspected members of a terrorist cell arrested were waiting for "a package from Yemen"; Trio detained on December 30 are believed to be from Syria and Lebanon and at least one had multiple Latin American passports in his possession.

Bullrich's security protocol

Anti-picket protocol: Judge rules in favour of the government

21-12-2023 14:58 Security Minister Patricia Bullrich, author of government's new anti-picket protocol, celebrates court ruling on social media.

DEMONSTRATIONS IN BUENOS AIRES

Bullrich issues warning as picket groups forecast high turnout

20-12-2023 14:40 Security forces will be put under the spotlight later today when demonstrators deliver first challenge to Patricia Bullrich’s new anti-picket protest protocol.

CRIME & SECURITY

Milei moves to limit anti-austerity protests in Argentina

14-12-2023 19:45 Security Minister Patricia Bullrich has announced that Argentina’s federal forces will intervene in any protests or street blockades conducted without a permit.