Overview
- The measure formalizes an information exchange between the City’s Secretaría de Seguridad and the Dirección General de Habilitación de Conductores to review and withdraw licenses.
- Authorities say 1,021 people were detained this year for vehicle-enabled crimes, including 523 with provincial addresses and 446 residents of the City.
- Of the 446 City residents detained, 125 held licenses issued by Buenos Aires City and those records have been sent for cancellation under existing regulations.
- Mayor Jorge Macri framed the move as ending a prior practice that allowed offenders to keep driving, while Security Secretary Maximiliano Piñeiro said it removes tools criminals use.
- City officials invited the Province of Buenos Aires and local municipalities to adopt the same approach to target offenders licensed outside the City.