Argentina: Nearly 30 arrested for looting businesses in Córdoba and Mendoza

Nearly thirty people were arrested in Argentina after looting of commercial premises over the weekend in the provinces of Cordova and Mendozafacts that the government described as “Criminal acts” that seek to create confusion in the campaign for the presidential elections in October.

A partial looting of a supermarket in Jose C. Paza popular suburb 45 kilometers from Buenos Aireswas recorded on Tuesday afternoon, police officers and witnesses told AFP.

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Both sources indicated that they found many other businesses closed as a precaution in the area.

He municipality of José C. Paz stated in a statement that “the different services run normally”, except “a vandalism” of “a group of people” in a supermarket.

“There are detainees (in the provinces) by the police and judicial authority, and many of the organizers are citizens who had criminal records. We do not see in this a social reaction but facts that deserve the full weight of the law”, declared this Tuesday the head of the Cabinet of the Argentine government, Augustine Rossi.

At least 20 people were arrested during the day in Cordova for the looting of some 12 shops, reported the provincial police. In Mendoza (west), seven people were charged.

In the capital, an attempted robbery was reported in a store on Monday night, prevented by the action of the neighbors.

“They are criminal acts to bring more confusion and generate conflict. There is nothing else, they have not been looting, they seek to provoke an action to attract attention”, said the Minister of Security, Hannibal Fernandez.

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Argentina is going through an acute economic crisiswith inflation of more than 100% per year and poverty of 40% of the population.

Argentines remember the looting that occurred in December 2001 as a traumatic episode, in the midst of the worst economic, social and political crisis they have experienced to date.

Also in 1989, at the height of hyperinflation, there was widespread looting.

Source: Elcomercio

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