News of officers

Argentina tightens border after tip-off warns of bomb attack on Jewish community

15-11-2020 10:34 Security Ministry opens probe after anonymous tipster warns Embassy in London that explosive material is due to cross border with Paraguay “for a bomb in Argentina with a Jewish objective.”

Military liason board

Rossi accuses ex-Army officers of trying to destabilise government

12-11-2020 16:29 Defence Minister Agustín Rossi on Thursday accused a group of retired Army officers of conspiring to destabilise President Alberto Fernández's government.

CRIME & SECURITY

Four injured, including two police officers, in shooting incident at Retiro

27-10-2020 18:06 Four people, including two police officers, were injured on Tuesday morning as gunshots were fired near the Retiro railway station in Buenos Aires.

GUEST VOICE

Behind the conflict with the police

12-09-2020 09:43 The reasons for the protest? We can divide them into two main categories: institutional and political.

by Andrei Serbin Pont

Coronavirus pandemic

Miguel Etchecolatz, ‘Tigre’ Acosta test positive for coronavirus

06-08-2020 23:38 Two of the most infamous criminals convicted of crimes against humanity during Argentina’s last military dictatorship (1976-1983), Miguel Etchecolatz and Jorge 'Tigre' Acosta, test positive for Covid-19.

by Luciana Bertoia

POLICE BRUTALITY

Complaint filed after 17-year-old 'tortured with cattle prod' by police officers

31-07-2020 01:57 Members of Buenos Aires provincial force formally denounced by rights group for allegedly beating up a 17-year-old youth and torturing him with an electric cattle prod.

POLICE BRUTALITY

Tucumán: Probe into police opened after man 'suffocated' during arrest

28-06-2020 19:09 Investigation opened in northern province after death of 43-year-old Walter Ceferino Nadal, in circumstances allegedly similar to death of George Floyd in United States.

CRIME & SECURITY

Mercosur nations agree to let police cross borders in pursuit of criminals

07-11-2019 18:29 Security ministers from four nations agree deal in Foz de Iguaçu. However, accord must still be ratified by governments and legislatures of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

News of officers

Argentina tightens border after tip-off warns of bomb attack on Jewish community

Rossi accuses ex-Army officers of trying to destabilise government

Four injured, including two police officers, in shooting incident at Retiro

Behind the conflict with the police

Miguel Etchecolatz, ‘Tigre’ Acosta test positive for coronavirus

Complaint filed after 17-year-old 'tortured with cattle prod' by police officers

Tucumán: Probe into police opened after man 'suffocated' during arrest

Mercosur nations agree to let police cross borders in pursuit of criminals

Pumas dump rugby captain Matera, two other players over xenophobic posts

In historic first, UK says it will introduce Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine next week

Argentina will open borders to neighbouring countries for summer

Fernández, Biden agree to improve US-LatAm ties in phone call

Maradona: the icon who lead Argentina to glory

Piden la renuncia de Ginés González García por decir que "hay una sola vida y lo otro es un fenómeno"

Por pedido de Cristina Kirchner, el aumento a jubilados "no será a cuenta"

Trotta anunció que 17 provincias tendrán clases presenciales desde el 1 de marzo

Una joven policía se pegó un tiro tras la viralización de un video íntimo

“Belén no es la culpable por haber hecho un video”, dijo el papá de la policía que se baleó en la cabeza