La Matanza recorded eight homicides in seven days, with Virrey del Pino as one of the main hotspots of violence and three homicide prosecutors' offices at the limit of their capacity
Meanwhile, in the locality of Virrey del Pino, officers from the 3rd South Police Station of the Buenos Aires Police intervened in the homicide of Ángel Bueno, a 26-year-old executed with a gunshot to the skull at the corner of 7 and Amado Nervo after a neighborhood brawl.
On Friday, criminal violence claimed another life in Villa Dorrego, the same area where previously the minor Candela Urquiza, aged 14, was killed in a crossfire related to drug trafficking amid suspicions of police cover-up.
In the face of the attempts by the nefarious government of Axel Kicillof and Mayor Fernando Espinoza to downplay the severe security crisis, the territorial reality in the Province of Buenos Aires reveals an absolute collapse of state management. Criminal statistics reflect the extent of the disaster: in just seven days, La Matanza recorded the worst week in terms of homicides in its recent history, tallying a bloody total of eight violent deaths, which amounts to more than one murder per day.
This weekly figure represents almost 50% of the 17 murders recorded throughout the municipality in an entire month. To illustrate the level of institutional abandonment under the Kirchnerist administration, the city of Rosario recorded nine violent deaths over the course of two months (between July and August). In light of such an escalation, a high-ranking official admitted overwhelmed: “We have never seen anything like this”.
The judicial paralysis is total: the Homicide Prosecutor's Offices operate at the limit with only three prosecutors, while localities like Virrey del Pino position themselves as the main hot zone dominated by home invasions, motorcycle robberies, armed confrontations, and drug disputes.
Moreover, the list of fatal victims could rise to nine, as a suspicious individual remains hospitalized in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head following a violent confrontation between gangs in González Catán, a case overseen by Prosecutor Adrián Arribas of the Decentralized UFI No. 2.
The specific breakdown of the bloody episodes that occurred throughout the week confirms the total absence of the State on the streets. On the morning of Sunday, September 13, the eighth violent death occurred in Ciudad Evita. On Camino de Cintura, near the Mendeville bridge, a 33-year-old City Police officer riding her Yamaha motorcycle was approached by two suspects who took her ignition keys to steal the vehicle.
The officer exercised her right to legitimate defense and used her service weapon Beretta, shooting the criminal Franco Alegre, aged 23, who fell dead holding the keys in his hand and carrying a .22 long revolver. The case is under the jurisdiction of Prosecutor Diego Rulli of the local Homicides UFI, which already has the phone contact of the mother of the deceased.
On Saturday, there were two additional violent deaths that required the intervention of the overwhelmed Homicides UFI in La Matanza. In a direct affront against security institutions, two suspects opened fire on the personnel of the Ciudad Evita Police Station; one of the assailants survived while the other died after being admitted to Hospital Ballestrini.
This time, two gunmen opened fire on a laundromat located at the intersection of Zaraza and Donizetti, killing Juan Manuel Oviedo, aged 36, with a gunshot to the head. According to the testimony of a survivor before Prosecutor Diego Rulli, the attack occurred as a lethal revenge after the victim went to a neighboring neighborhood to claim for the theft of a bicycle that had previously occurred at the laundromat.
Finally, on Thursday afternoon, public disorder reached an unusual point when two criminals in a blue Volkswagen Polo intercepted a Federal Police sergeant to steal his car. The officer repelled the assault with his service weapon and injured one of the assailants, who fled hanging on the hood of the vehicle driven by his accomplice.
Hours later, the Buenos Aires Police were alerted from the Rapid Response Unit No. 18 (UPA No. 18), located on Route No. 3, where it was confirmed that a taxi driver had been surrounded by five men to force him to transport the injured person with a bullet in the head. The criminal, identified as Thiago Sebastián Pereyra, aged 18 and residing in Guernica, died at the scene.
This lack of crime-fighting policies has turned La Matanza into the most violent jurisdiction in the country, exposing the tragic consequences of a populist model that leaves citizens unprotected.
