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Argentina Formalizes Plan Güemes Expansion and Launches Operation Julio Argentino Roca

A unified federal–provincial command joined military deployments to slash drug trafficking along the SaltaBolivia border

Overview

  • Resolution 830/2025, published on July 16, approves Plan Güemes in Aguas Blancas, Orán, Tartagal and Profesor Salvador Mazza
  • The new command integrates the National Security Secretariat, federal police forces and Salta’s provincial police for coordinated border patrols
  • Operación Julio Argentino Roca has mobilized around 1,900 troops and more than 10,000 personnel under the Defense Ministry
  • A perimeter fence at Río Bermejo and the SAT-Fronteras satellite system have cut illegal crossings by an estimated 40 percent
  • Bolivia’s president has criticized the unilateral measures, warning they could strain bilateral security cooperation