Marcelo D’Alessandro: ‘It could have been controlled with a taser, but Kirchnerism blocked them’

The Minister of Security of the city of Buenos Aires -on leave after the escape of cats-, Marcelo D’Alessandrorevived the controversy over the use of firearms Taserswhose entry into the country is blocked by a decision of the national government and awaiting a decision of the Justice.

“I deeply regret the death of our officer Maribel Salazar at the hands of a murderer who is already detained and who must never return. Two boys left without a mother, a family destroyed by this scourge. Words are not enough for so many pain,” he said.

“The standoff could have been controlled with a taser. Two years ago we bought 60 units but the Kirchner government blocked them with the trout apology festival they use to defend criminals“, he expressed.

And he added: “How much drama are we going to have to regret because of this ridiculous whim? How far will this irresponsibility go to want to fuck up the life of Buenos Aires because they do not vote for the jets? What are they going to invent now?

According to witnesses, the murder took place when Zalazar wanted to intervene in a discussion between the attacker, an EMOVA worker (Concessionaire of the Buenos Aires metro). The assailant stole his service weapon and fired several shots: two of the bullets hit the officer, one in the chest and the other in the neck; and another of the detonations hit the waist of an out of danger operator.

The administration of Horace Rodriguez Larreta In 2020, he had processed an authorization from the National Agency for Controlled Materials (Anmac) to buy 60 pistols. Ramiro Urristi, the official who signed the authorization, was expelled from his post a few days after consenting to the administrative act and the new management of the organization which reports to the Minister of Justice Martín Soria never authorized the consignment to enter the country. The City intends to unblock the problem with an injunction that was filed in October last year.

In the event that the entrance to firearms is unlocked, the government of Buenos Aires has a project to create Taser brigades that will be deployed in the 15 municipalities to intervene in particular cases such as acts of violence caused by people insane or in a nervous breakdown.

The head of government of the city of Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, also deplored the murder of officer Maribel Nélida Zalazar, which occurred this morning at the Retiro station on line C of the metro and asked for an exemplary decision from justice .

“My most sincere condolences and all my support to the family of officer Maribel Salazar, cowardly murdered today in the Retiro”, wrote the mayor of Buenos Aires on social networks. In addition, he asked for a rapid intervention of Justice on the fact. “The offender was arrested at the time of the events and I hope justice will act quickly and with the full weight of the law.”

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