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Argentina Taps Bellizzi and Farías to Lead Reformed Federal Police and Launches PCC Operation

The restructured investigative unit has begun operations using expanded digital patrol and limited-search authority against a confirmed PCC cell in Argentina

Overview

  • Resolution 927/2025 named Pascual Mario Bellizzi as head of the Departamento Federal de Investigaciones and Marcelo Omar Farías as chief of the Departamento Federal de Coordinación.
  • Under the June decree, the PFA reorganization created the DFI and DFC with authority to conduct public digital patrols and limited searches without judicial orders.
  • Officials confirmed in a joint press briefing the presence of Primeiro Comando da Capital operatives on Argentine soil.
  • Authorities have identified 28 individuals linked to the PCC and detained eight across federal and provincial penitentiary units.
  • Following the arrest of PCC leader Os Manos in Caballito, the DFI has launched its first mission to dismantle the transnational criminal network.