1,000 police officers for Montevideo: 58% of homicides linked to organised crime
Interior Minister Negro announced the deployment of 1,000 police officers to Montevideo and revealed that more than half of homicides have links to organised crime.
Negro announces police reinforcement in Montevideo and links more than half of homicides to organised crime
According to debate.com.uy, Interior Minister Guillermo Negro announced the deployment of 1,000 additional police officers in Montevideo as part of a public security strategy in response to the advance of organised crime in the Uruguayan capital.
Negro also revealed that 58% of the homicides recorded in the country are linked to organised crime, a figure that reflects the scale of the structural violence problem facing Uruguay.
The announcement comes in a context of growing concern over crime rates in Montevideo, where disputes between criminal organisations have been identified as a key factor in the increase in violent deaths.
The government did not detail in which specific areas of the capital the reinforcement would be concentrated or the timeframe for the effective deployment of the announced officers.
Source: Google News UY — Montevideo