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Santa Fe Closes Summer Road Operation With 156,000 Breath Tests as Salta and Jujuy Report Heavy DUI Tallies

Officials released consolidated counts after zero‑tolerance checkpoints across summer routes, festival perimeters.

Overview

  • Santa Fe’s Operativo Verano checked 178,000 vehicles and conducted 156,392 breath tests, yielding 1,289 positives, of which 675 were sanctionable.
  • Santa Fe authorities also issued 28,506 traffic citations during the campaign, led by 11,988 for missing the mandatory technical inspection, plus 1,662 for no seat belt and 1,636 for no insurance.
  • In Salta, the Serenata a Cafayate operation cited 186 drivers for positive alcohol tests, with roughly 365 alcohol violations recorded province‑wide over the weekend.
  • Salta’s festival deployment used about 450 officers, checked more than 36,000 vehicles, ran some 20,000 passive tests, and enforced a time‑of‑travel speed check on Routes 68 and 40.
  • Jujuy police reported 738 traffic citations and 126 positive alcohol tests over the weekend, as prosecutors investigate a fatal crash on National Route 9 near Tilcara.