Overview
- Argentina’s Defense Ministry said 150 to 200 soldiers are reinforcing surveillance in Bernardo de Irigoyen with radars, drones and two helicopters in coordination with federal and provincial forces.
- Security Minister Patricia Bullrich declared a maximum alert and activated a northern border protocol as a precaution against a possible dispersal of gang members from Brazil.
- A restricted PFA report cites a seized spreadsheet listing 28 presumed members active in Argentina, with 14 in federal prisons and 14 at liberty, and identifies 26 with additional records.
- Authorities point to prison-based recruitment and radicalization in facilities in Santa Fe and Chaco, and they have circulated identification guides to frontline forces.
- Rio authorities report 132 deaths from this week’s operation against Comando Vermelho; Paraguay raised its border alert, and a Rio police official said a seized FAL rifle was linked to Argentina’s armed forces, a claim under review.