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Argentina Launches Plan Paraná to Tighten Security on the ParaguayParaná Waterway

A unified command in Chaco begins patrols with federal plus provincial forces to shut down criminal use of the trade corridor.

Overview

  • A unified command base at Isla del Cerrito is active with roughly 200 personnel, five vessels and elite Albatros and Alacranes units.
  • Operations integrate Prefectura, Gendarmería, Policía Federal, PSA, Customs and Immigration with Chaco and Corrientes police under the National Fluvial Security Board.
  • Current tools include drones, radars, thermal sensors and satellite monitoring, while a fiber‑optic backbone with fixed cameras is proposed pending funding.
  • Authorities are reviewing an unusual pirate‑style boarding of a Paraguayan‑flagged freighter near San Nicolás to refine river interdiction tactics.
  • Bullrich cited the Entre Ríos interception of fugitive Pablo Laurta as evidence of tighter border and river controls functioning across jurisdictions.