Overview
- The measure, published Wednesday in the Boletín Oficial as Decree 216/2026, grants a non-remunerative $40,000 bonus plus a one-time rank-based supplement of $100,000 to $300,000 to be paid with April salaries.
- The payouts cover active personnel in the Federal Police, Gendarmerie, Naval Prefecture, Airport Security Police, the Federal Penitentiary Service and the National Criminal Intelligence Directorate, with trainees included in some cases and the Armed Forces excluded.
- Because both sums are non-remunerative and non-bonifiable, they do not raise base pay or pension contributions, which limits any lasting gain in take-home pay.
- The government says existing Ministry of Security funds will cover the cost without a new budget allocation, and a public-sector pay commission can set the implementing rules.
- Despite the announcement, federal personnel proceeded with a planned march at Gendarmerie headquarters in Buenos Aires, and officials did not enforce the anti-picket protocol.