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Buenos Aires Police Roll Out UPD Patrols as Mar del Plata Reports Disruptions

A coordinated provincial plan put security and health teams on overnight duty to limit UPD risks.

Overview

  • Provincial Security, Health and Education ministries activated a preventive operation for UPD with maximum police deployment, active patrols and controls across 16 Regional Security Superintendences from midnight to 8 a.m.
  • Operational directives require identifiable patrols and full protective gear, while local police and transit agents coordinated venue checks and street management ahead of student gatherings.
  • Mar del Plata mounted citywide controls at Plaza España and Parque San Martín, reporting fireworks at dawn, street blockages by students and youths climbing the San Martín monument.
  • Authorities said four clandestine parties were neutralized and a separate hall event with more than 300 students and alcohol was halted, with minors handed over to parents or tutors.
  • SAME and the Red Cross staffed fixed posts and mobile units, treating alcohol-related symptoms and minor injuries, as police intervened in a cellphone theft involving three minors and organized 7 a.m. dispersal with parents present.