The federal judge Ariel Lijo, Government candidate to join the Supreme Court of Justice, met with the Israeli ambassador to Argentina, Eyal Selain a meeting in which they analyzed the advance of drug trafficking and organized crime.
The magistrate was invited by the diplomat after the officialization of the nomination by President Javier Milei to replace Elena Highton de Nolasco on the highest court. During the exchange that took place in the morning, Lijo and Sela addressed the reality of Argentina and Israel, marked by open tension in the Middle East..
One of the key themes was the conflict of drug trafficking which worries the libertarian administration, which is closely following what happened in the city of Rosario, with the intention of neutralizing the drug gangs that take over the neighborhoods. Along the same lines, another of the items on the agenda revolved around the citizen security against organized crime.
On the other hand, after the attacks on Israel in recent hours, in addition to the invasion that the same country suffered in October by the terrorist group Hamas, The judge and the diplomat dedicated part of the meeting to talking about international collaboration in crimes against humanity.
The meeting took place days after the Government made official through the Official Gazette Lijo’s proposal to join the Supreme Court, in which they highlighted the judge’s curricular background, highlighting that he is a lawyer who graduated from the UBA and that he has a postgraduate degree. in Administration of Justice.
The nomination of the federal judge had support of the judges of the National Court of Criminal Appeals of the Federal Capital, doctors Leopoldo Bruglia, Mariano Llorens, Pablo Daniel Bertuzzi, of Chamber I, and doctors Martín Irurzun, Eduardo Guillermo Farah and Roberto José Boico, of Room II.
The same was done by magistrates and prosecutors such as Mara Servini, head of the Federal Criminal and Correctional Court N1, Mara Eugenia Capuchetti, head of the Federal Criminal and Correctional Court N5, Zunilda Niremperger, among others.
