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Minister of Security of Argentina, Patricia Bullrich, held a meeting with the Attorney General of El Salvador

The Minister of Security of Argentina, Patricia Bullrich, continued on Monday with her agenda of meetings with the Security Cabinet of El Salvador, this time with Rodolfo Delgado, head of the Attorney General’s Office (FGR).

Bullrich is in the country to know the key details in the work model implemented by the President of the Republic, Nayib Bukele, with which he has achieved a historical reduction in violence and crime in El Salvador

“We have had the enormous honor of receiving the entourage sent by the President @JMilei, led by the Minister of Security of the Argentine Nation @PatoBullrich,” Delgado posted from his account on the social network X.

“We appreciate the opportunity to exchange experiences, in the fight against organized crime and the strategy that is leading us to success in our country struggle, against gangs. We hope to continue working hand in hand, to continually strengthen our States, in the face of the threats of organized crime,” the prosecutor added.

This weekend, Bullrich visited the Center for the Confinement of Terrorism (Cecot) accompanied by Gustavo Villatoro, Minister of Security of El Salvador, the megaprison built under the mandate of Nayib Bukele and that works as part of the strategies to eradicate the gangs of the territory Salvadoran.

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Last February, Bullrich held a brief meeting with President Nayib Bukele. The official posted on her X account a video about the meeting with the president Salvadoran emphasizing the desire of the current Argentine government to resume the strategies of El Salvador to fight crime.

“From a daily massacre and a country controlled by the maras (criminal gangs) to a society where life is taken care of. An experience where people are cared for and the offender is not welcome. That’s where we go!” the Argentine minister published on her X account after the meeting with Bukele.

The meeting between Bullrich and Bukele took place within the framework of the Political Conference of Conservative Action (CPAC), in which Bukele participated as a special guest, the achievements in public security that he has El Salvador and that they have led him to position himself as the safest country in Latin America.

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