Weekly Report - 14 January 2016 (WR-16-02)

Argentina’s President Mauricio Macri took aim this week at his country’s own security forces, which he claimed had been partially infiltrated by drug-trafficking organisations (DTOs) over the course of 12 years of Kirchnerista governments. As such, Macri said, Argentina was “in a precarious situation” as its security forces were “a long way” from the required levels of professionalism to combat drug-trafficking. Macri’s candid remarks came in response to numerous mistakes committed by the security forces during the (eventually successful) attempt to recapture three prominent fugitives connected to the illegal drug trade who escaped from a maximum-security prison on 27 December.

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