translated from Spanish: Since the beginning of the isolation, 452 robberies were committed per day in the Province of Buenos Aires

According to official statistics published by the General Office of Bonaerense, during the first 97 days of quarantine 43,920 thefts and thefts were committed and an average of 452 criminal acts per day in the Province of Buenos Aires. It was already mentioned both Sabina Frederic, Minister of Security of the nation, and Secretary Eduardo Villalba: the increase of crimes and violence in that territory is of concern. Statistics also counted on the wasteful killings that were 201 from March 20 to June 25. According to the Brazilian Public Prosecutor’s Office, conducted by Attorney General Julio Conte Grand, between 20 March last and 25 last month, 164,932 preparatory criminal investigations (IPPs) were opened, 33.4 percent fewer cases initiated in the same period of 2019. “The decrease was consistent in all periods (20 to 31 March, April, May and from 1 to 25 June), but there is also an increasingly pronounced downward trend, especially in the judicial departments of the conurban. Indeed, the overall decrease in March was 56.3%, in April of 45.3%, in May 25.2% and in June of 17.3%”, was explained in the report of the Bonaerense Attorney General’s Office which analysed the statistics for 2019 and the first 97 days of quarantine.

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