Overview
- City audits covered more than 500 community kitchens with daily checks on sites and supplier companies.
- Officials halted delivery of over 5,000 rations after inspectors found no justified recipients or verified handoffs.
- A new digital system ties each meal to a beneficiary’s DNI, enabling real-time verification and reporting of irregularities.
- Most closures occurred in southern neighborhoods, including Villa Soldati, Mataderos, Flores and Lugano, with cases in popular housing areas.
- The assistance network serves roughly 250,000 residents through community kitchens, early-childhood centers, senior centers, shelters and the Ciudadanía Porteña program.