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.