Police arrest suspect in killing of 11-year-old

[MilHojas]

Argentina: Police arrest suspect in killing of 11-year-old

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Police detained a man on suspicion of killing an 11-year-old boy and neighbors wrecked his home Monday amid anger over escalating drug violence in the Argentine city of Rosario, where a threat was directed at soccer superstar Lionel Messi last week.

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Police detained the man and then had to prevent people from attacking him. Once the suspect was taken away, neighbors destroyed his home and stole his belongings...People destroyed at least 3 houses in the area they claimed were used by drug dealers.

 

[Redpossum]

That episode was crazy! It looked like the wild west out there.
I'm not faulting the neighbours. If the cops have been bought off, then perhaps popular mobilization is the only way forward. I'm just saying it was surprising, at least to me.

 

[Bajo_cero2]

Rosario is like Medellin in the 80´.

 

[Quilombo]

It reminds me of the lynchings of 2014 in CABA/AMBA, if the police won't act, the neighbors will. Rosario is basically a failed state at this point, you couldn't pay me to go there.

 

[Reply Guy]

Election year

El Presidente anunció que enviará más fuerzas federales a Rosario y al Ejército para urbanizar barrios populares

“Vamos a ponerle fin a la violencia criminal de sicarios mercaderes de la muerte”, aseguró Alberto Fernández en un mensaje grabado en medio de la escalada narco registrada los últimos días

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[Redpossum]

Google Translate version of link posted just above by Reply Guy

El Presidente anunció que enviará más fuerzas federales a Rosario y al Ejército para urbanizar barrios populares

“Vamos a ponerle fin a la violencia criminal de sicarios mercaderes de la muerte”, aseguró Alberto Fernández en un mensaje grabado en medio de la escalada narco registrada los últimos días

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The usual Google Translate deal, banner is in Castellano and story will initially appear in that tongue, but wait a few seconds and it will change to English. Expect pronouns, especially in third person, to be incorrect at times.