Overview
- The Minister of Security and senator-elect urged Congress to take up the Ley Penal Juvenil, saying it is ready for debate and pledging to secure its approval in the incoming legislature.
- The proposal outlines scaled penalties, dedicated youth facilities, and a separate juvenile procedure tailored to the age and offense severity.
- Bullrich cited a recent case of three minors from José C. Paz and San Miguel who, she said, collectively accumulated 27 alleged offenses in 2025 to argue for urgency.
- Human-rights organizations oppose lowering the age of imputability, contending that 14-year-olds lack adult cognitive development and that incarceration does not reduce juvenile crime.
- This is a revival of an initiative first advanced during the Macri administration, and as of today it has not been formally debated or enacted by the new Congress.