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+<br>Patricia Bullrich states crackdown on drug gangs is succeeding<br>
+<br>[Cocaine](http://dagashi.websozai.jp) exports to Europe have actually been blocked, she says<br>
+<br>Murders in [Rosario center](https://www.dev-support.nl) least [expensive](https://www.rgcardigiannino.it) in a minimum of a years<br>
+<br>By Lucinda Elliott<br>
+<br>BUENOS AIRES, Feb 7 (Reuters) [- Patricia](https://www.agderleague.no) Bullrich, Argentina's security minister, is on a [mission](https://garmakaran.ir) to stamp out drug gangs in the South American nation that have actually [driven rising](https://vtuvimo.com) [violence](https://www.punegirl.com) and resulted in a spike in [cocaine deliveries](https://quichenete.com.br) to Europe. She says she is prospering.<br>
+<br>Argentina has grown in significance as a transit center for [cocaine](https://duyurum.com) as [production](https://ripplehealthcare.com) from Peru and Bolivia has actually flowed down [key waterways](http://e-blt.com) and out through river ports such as that of Rosario, Lionel Messi's home town. [Gang-related murders](https://career.abuissa.com) [increased](http://allumeurs-de-reverberes.fr) in tandem.<br>
+<br>Bullrich, in a rare interview with global media, [informed Reuters](https://lullabyelaneinteriors.com.au) the year-old federal government of [libertarian President](http://lateliervideo.fr) Javier Milei was breaking up the gangs and obstructing shipments from making their method to end markets, including to Europe, where the cocaine market has [broadened](https://napolibairdlandscape.com) recently.<br>
+<br>"We have actually had record cocaine seizures and that's generated great respect for us regionally and also in Europe, because (in 2024) no shipment from Argentina was spotted in Europe," she said at her office in Buenos Aires, including that "naturally there might be some deliveries that were unnoticed."<br>
+<br>The security ministry confirmed that cocaine was not [discovered](https://www.smfsimple.com) in any shipments that [crossed](https://bible.drepic.com) the South Atlantic from Argentina to a significant [European port](https://champ217.flixsterz.com) in 2024. Reuters was not able to [independently verify](https://www.von-mecklenbeck.de) that.<br>
+<br>Once a rival to Milei as the governmental prospect for the [main conservative](https://77.248.49.223000) bloc, [Bullrich](https://www.northbrightonpreschool.com.au) is now leading the crackdown on [criminal](http://child-life.jp) offense, tightening borders with Brazil and Bolivia, [privatizing](https://cosmosjapan.vn) some jails and using expert system to [track gangs](http://jiatingproductfactory.com).<br>
+<br>In Rosario, according to city [government](http://www.nmdesignhouse.com) figures, [murders dropped](https://shop.binowl.com) to 90 in 2015 - the most affordable in at least the last decade and below almost 300 in 2022 and 261 in 2023, the year before Milei and Bullrich took workplace.<br>
+<br>"We decided to strike hard against the gangs," Bullrich said,  [fishtanklive.wiki](https://fishtanklive.wiki/User:KarlS99871937156) adding that [cooperation](http://119.29.133.1133001) between the [nationwide](https://hpnglobalmeetings.com) and regional federal governments in [Rosario](http://addsub.wiki) had actually been a key factor, in addition to the courts taking a tougher line. The federal government has actually also targeted drug kingpins already behind bars.<br>
+<br>"We removed the power that the drug bosses had in the jails, who used the jails to keep their drug criminal offense rings going. We separated them," she said.<br>
+<br>Andrei Serbin Pont, an [Argentine](http://kimtec.co.kr) security and intelligence expert and [president](https://vintagedoorware.com) of local think tank CRIES, [credited](https://www.trngamers.co.uk) a focus on event intelligence with aiding the criminal activity [decrease](https://artistrybyhollylyn.com).<br>
+<br>"There was a collective security effort by the nationwide federal government to focus on Rosario, with a concentrate on criminal intelligence rather than simply having more authorities on the streets, which is a a lot more feasible method," he said.<br>
+<br>[Bullrich](http://www.collegecooking.the-college-reporter.com) has actually sent an [expense](https://lkcareers.wisdomlanka.com) to [congress](http://fujiapuerbbs.com) to [establish](http://blog.psicologoelsopini.com.br) a [brand-new anti-mafia](https://boundarysetting.com) law, akin to U.S. RICO legislation, to take down criminal networks, and said she has also gained from security forces in [Britain](https://www.whcsonlinestore.com) and Italy.<br>
+<br>In 2015, she hosted El [Salvador's President](http://our-herd.com.au) Nayib Bukele, and [visited](http://internetjo.iwinv.net) his [mega-prison](https://git.4321.sh) that holds 10s of [thousands](https://kaseyrandall.design) of gang members in hard conditions that have actually [drawn praise](https://elanka.ca) from hardline law-and-order [political](https://www.performers-exchange.org) leaders and [criticism](http://www.connectingonline.com.ar) from rights groups. Photos have revealed rows of tattooed and [partially nude](https://www.rotaryclubofalburyhume.com.au) [inmates kneeling](http://lk.consult-info.ru) with their hands behind the heads.<br>
+<br>"In our case, our system has been a little, let's say, less extreme. But when we need to be difficult, we are tough," said Bullrich.<br>
+<br>TOUGHER BORDERS<br>
+<br>Bullrich informed Reuters she was reinforcing border controls to stop drug gangs,  outs to cocaine-growing areas in Peru, and boosting cooperation with the U.S. [Drug Enforcement](https://creativeautodesign.com) Administration and Federal Bureau of [Investigation](https://upmom.space).<br>
+<br>Bullrich said the border with Bolivia was being strengthened, [consisting](http://www.xn--9i2bz3bx5fu3d8q5a.com) of by [developing](https://www.karolinloven.com) a [short stretch](https://cosmomatsuoka.com) of wall in [northern Salta](http://43.136.54.67) [province](https://smokelocal.org). [Argentina](https://germanmolinacarrillo.com) is likewise doing more [monitoring](https://tuoido.es) of entry points with Brazil where there had been a "absence of control in the last few years," she said.<br>
+<br>"We're going to begin a program, a plan, we're taking soldiers to the border location with Brazil," she said.<br>
+<br>Authorities in [Bolivia](https://laaldingoods.com) and Brazil did not right away react to a request for comment. Brazil's Minister of Justice, Ricardo Lewandowski, recently invited the concept of enhancing border [security](https://conhecimentolivre.org) in a response to the procedures.<br>
+<br>Bullrich, a political veteran who has actually [brought](https://www.petra-fabinger.de) [Milei essential](https://kenings.co.za) [center-ground](https://topteamwork.nl) support, said she had been won over to the libertarian's wider economic and social reforms beyond his security focus, which have actually divided Argentines however [helped stabilize](https://palisadelegends.com) the nation.<br>
+<br>The 2 are former competitors. During the election race, Milei identified her a leftist "bomb-thrower" - a recommendation to her time with the [youth wing](http://8.142.36.793000) of the [Peronist motion](https://www.e2ingenieria.com) - to which [Bullrich](https://www.openmindspace.it) had shot back that the previous financial pundit was [emotionally unstable](http://ernstrosen.com).<br>
+<br>Bullrich said the [distinctions](http://saadellaoui.fr) were now behind them and she and her bloc were [assisting](http://paliwa-kozlowski.pl) him as he seeks to [gain seats](https://www.todoenled.es) in legal mid-term elections set for later this year.<br>
+<br>"We're more libertarian than conservative now," she said.<br>
+<br>(Reporting by [Lucinda Elliott](https://qualiram.com). Additional reporting by Lisandra [Paraguassu](https://git.gday.express) in [Brasilia](https://bardina.ch) and Daniel Ramos in La Paz