Overview

• Bishops and priests condemned the killings of Brenda del Castillo, Morena Verdi and Lara Gutiérrez in Florencio Varela and expressed solidarity with their families.
• The bishop of San Justo argued that large urban zones have been left to narco control, citing a constant absence of the State and calling the lack of public policies a form of practical complicity.
• Quilmes bishops Carlos Tissera and Eduardo Redondo demanded justice and urgent, effective measures to protect children, adolescents, youth and other vulnerable people.
• Priests from villas and popular neighborhoods said narcotrafficking is effectively decriminalized in many settlements, declared an emergency for youth accompaniment and urged prevention, recovery and urbanization.
• Church leaders reaffirmed pastoral work through school, club and chapel as alternatives to street, prison and cemetery, while pressing for guarantees of food, health, security and a real life project for families.