Kicillof on attacks on shops: “There are more than 94 detainees in the hands of Justice”

The governor of the Province of Buenos Aires and candidate for re-election, Axel Kicillof, referred to the events that occurred on Tuesday, where comments and images of looting circulated in different parts of the country. There was a campaign and preparation of the facts. There were false complaints that circulated through networks, of things that were not happening, “said the governor in statements to the press after a meeting he held with the Buenos Aires Security Minister Sergio Berni in the operational command of Puente 12 in the Buenos Aires party of La Matanza.Kicillof explained that the events began after “all weekend there were false complaints to 911 on social networks that indicated that in the suburbs there were robberies and violence,” a situation that “was encouraged over the weekend.” The police worked and it was all fake. Those things weren’t happening in the province. There is a campaign and a preparation,” the governor reflected. Then he said: “It was sought to install the issue since Monday. We deployed more than 5,000 men in operations in the province and there are 94 detainees in the hands of justice,” and announced that this afternoon he will hold new meetings with the community chiefs to “strengthen security.” For his part, the Minister of Security of the Province of Buenos Aires, Sergio Berni added: “They were specific events that were characterized by the presence of very organized groups with many minors,” in which “the people did not accompany but helped maintain order of the police.” We had in a joint and coordinated rush hour more than 150 attempts that were all intercepted by the police, except Moreno and somewhere else,” Berni said.

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