100 had an arrest warrant and 56 were wanted for homicide

In the first 6 months of managementbetween the Operational Investigation Directorate, the Strategic Criminal Intelligence Directorate and the Human Trafficking and Gender Violence Investigation Agency. Santa Fe registered 10,289 investigations from the provincial jurisdiction and 351 from the national jurisdiction.

In this framework, they carried out a total of 2,141 raids and 814 searches throughout the province; 2,286 people of legal age were detained, of which 100 had an active arrest warrant and 56 They were involved in homicides.

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Furthermore, they were apprehended 119 minors, 3 of whom were actively captured and 2 were wanted for homicide.

The data was published by the Ministry of Justice and Security of the Provincial Government, through the Investigative Police (PDI), based on a report with indicators resulting from public security policies.

“At the beginning of the administration we moved to a more centralized model so that the Investigative Police have greater effectiveness in the fight against crime,” Cococcioni analyzed and then assessed that “the balance of this first semester is very encouraging.”

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“We have consolidated figures regarding homicide rates and referral of gunshot wounds to hospitals that confirm that we are redirecting violence indicators towards parameters of greater normality“said the minister.

“It is an arduous, daily and gradual task, which we have to constantly consolidate. Of course, we regret the loss of innocent lives that occurred, because the pain of losing a loved one is not compared to anything, but We work tirelessly to arrest those involved and seek justice for them.“.

Articulations and territorial presence in Santa Fe

Finally, Cococcioni highlighted “the number of ongoing investigations being carried out by the PDI and the Prosecutor’s Office, most of which are moving towards clarification.” and he was satisfied with the articulation achieved with the Public Prosecutor’s Office (MPA), valuing “the joint work carried out with prosecutors and authorities from the Attorney General’s Office and the regional Prosecutor’s Offices.”

“We work side by side in each of the complex cases that we have had, in the investigations into homicides and drug trafficking and in the different events that arose during this period,” he stressed.

In line with the minister, the general director of PDI, Natalio Marciani, He highlighted “the amount of positive results we have had in this first stretch of management in all the areas in which we work: on the island, in the countryside with the issue of cattle rustling and in each of the regions with its idiosyncrasy, its particularity. and their needs.”

In this way, he stressed that “the PDI is present, working, serving people and trying to recover the identity that we once had, and the trust that we need to generate in society, That is our mission and the objective that we have proposed,” Marciani concluded.

Seizure of weapons and drugs

In these first 6 months of management, the troops from the different PDI areas kidnapped 230 weapons (white and firearms), 7,408 ammunition and 2,388 cell phones and a total of 374 vehicles (motorcycles, cars and trucks) were seized, of which 123 registered a kidnapping request.

On the other hand, in the different procedures they seized 16,481 g. of cocaine, 262,141 grams of marijuana and 477 marijuana plants; and money: $109,792,334, 962,328 dollars and 7,062 other currencies.