The Ministry of National Security, under the leadership of Minister Alejandra Monteoliva, presented this Monday the consolidated results of the National Criminal Information System (SNIC) for the year 2025. The official data reveals an unprecedented transformation in public safety since the assumption of President Javier Milei at the end of 2023. One of the most significant achievements of the current administration is the drastic drop in homicides against female victims. Following the elimination of the useless Ministry of Women —created by the now accused of violence Alberto Fernández—, crimes against women recorded a year-on-year decrease of 10.8% in 2025.
If we analyze the entire period since Milei took office, the accumulated reduction reaches an impressive 23.5%. These figures demonstrate that the safety of women does not depend on ideologized bureaucracies, but on a firm security policy that pursues criminals.
Currently, Argentina boasts a homicide rate of just 3.6 per 100,000 inhabitants, establishing itself as the country with the lowest homicide rate in Latin America and the Caribbean. This figure places our nation well below neighbors like Chile (5.4), Paraguay (6.1), or Uruguay, and at an abyssal distance from countries mired in chaos like Brazil (19.2), Colombia (25.8), or the uncontrolled Ecuador (50.9).
The success of the libertarian criminal policy is manifested in a 7.3% reduction in homicides over the last year, accumulating an 18.4% drop since the beginning of the administration. This statistical professionalism has been internationally recognized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), which awarded the country an “A” rating in Statistical Quality, the highest possible category, highlighting the transparency and reliability of the Argentine system under the standards of the United Nations.
Despite the widespread improvement, isolated incidents in territories outside the national security doctrine continue to shock the country. This is the case of Agostina Madeleine Vega, the 14-year-old girl who disappeared on May 23 in Córdoba and was found dead this Saturday in an open field of 200 hectares in the Ampliación Ferreyra neighborhood. The investigation, led by prosecutor Garzón, located the body about 12 kilometers from the city center.
Behind this horror emerges the figure of the main suspect and only detainee: Claudio Gabriel Barrelier, a 32-year-old man with criminal records for theft and unlawful deprivation of liberty. What is scandalous is the political protection of the accused: Barrelier is a public employee and an active militant of the current mayor of Córdoba, the Peronist Daniel Passerini, with whom he has photographs demonstrating their closeness.
