After the lifting of the health emergency, a new stage of border patrol was launched this week with an emphasis on the concept of human security, which was the original objective of the law that was approved in October 2018 and began to apply the March 16, 2020.
Defense Minister Javier Garcia, along with Army Commander Gen. Gerardo Fregossi, the head of Esmade Gral. Rodolfo Pereyra, visited this Wednesday the area of Carmelo and La Agraciada beach, two of the points where the deployment is carried out to carry out border patrolling, where in this new stage, without neglecting the fixed checkpoints, will emphasize on patrol.
“We came with the commander of the Army, with the commander, the division chief, the head of Esmade, to see this new stage in the border control posts, in the “Secure Border” operation that we began a week ago and that We are going to finish the beginning in the next few days, since it is a whole process, ”explained the minister at a press conference.
He recalled that “we had two years where the forces were dedicated to combating the pandemic, helping with health checks, we were even here a year ago, health checks, immigration, vehicle sanitization. We were helping in the most important thing that the country needed, which was to fight the pandemic to take care of health. We got out of the health emergency and now the mission of the forces at the checkpoints has changed, now it is security, which is the original reason for the law”, clarified the Secretary of State.
He indicated that “here on the coast, in this area of Colonia, now here in Carmelo but it applies to the entire coast, work has begun and there is already a very strong coordination. This is something to highlight, there is a very strong coordination with all the State agencies that work in this regard, not only the Ministry of Defense, that is, the Prefecture, the Air Force, the Army, but also with the Ministry of the Interior, with the Departmental government, with Customs, with the Ministry of Livestock, that is, with different agencies that provide more security,” Garcia said.
He indicated that “operations have already been carried out here in the area where joint work is beginning to be seen. I believe that the presence of the forces in this security task clearly reinforces citizen protection. There is a very fine harmony with the neighbors, the officers said, and the participation of the neighbor is key since they can be the ones who give some information, those who give some data that can help the task carried out by the Army and the other forces ”.
