After his participation in the nationalist meeting of Todos held this Saturday in La Paloma, The Minister of the Interior, Luis Alberto Heber, declared at a press conference regarding the robbery he suffered at his home in Oceania del Polonio. “They entered my bedroom from behind, and they took a bag and a backpack from me. Unfortunately, he had a gun in his backpack, but Investigations is doing its best to find it.“said the minister.
In addition, he stated that, thanks to the work of the guard and technology, Some headphones, which were also inside the stolen bags, have already been traced to Montevideo.
Asked about the reason for the robbery, Heber stated: “Raking people.”
He also said that thanks to what happened, in that same area it was possible to avoid the dismantling of a house. “Fortunately, in this instance, due to the fact that The police asked about my theft of my wife’s backpack and purse, we discovered that they were dismantling a house,” he said.
“Patrolling is necessary. Cameras are necessary. The cameras are coming, it’s a whole process. I hope that in the next six months we can have cameras at all points in Rocha,” said the minister.
The Summer Assessment
Heber said he still didn’t want to cross lines regarding safety in the summer season because “The season hasn’t finished yet, February is missing”. In any case, he pointed out that, although there were some problems related to the descent of tourists from Buquebus, because they were assaulted on the boulevard, more patrols were set up and it stopped happening.
“People are returning to public spaces, he is walking quietly. That is what we want for our people.“, he indicated.
He also stated that he is in contact with the Maldonado police chief and the Rocha police chief. Regarding Montevideo, he pointed out that “unfortunately” there are still territorial confrontations in some areas of Montevideo, “which are the homicides that alarm“. “We are working on a special program to see if we can find a solution that it is not only to repress, because we cannot foresee a homicide if we do not act in the territory beforehand,” he concluded.
