The Interior and Transport Minister Florencio Randazzo announced that 400 gendarmes will start patrolling the Sarmiento and Mitre lines starting tomorrow.
“We will double the number of agents in order to ensure security on the Mitre and Sarmiento lines”, said Randazzo at a press conference held at the Casa Rosada.
Randazzo added that President Fernandez is behind the new measures and that newly mobilised police officers would focus on “stations with the most conflicts and the biggest number of passengers”. He also said they would be mobile in order to deal with problems when and where they occur.
The minister announced that federal police presence would be stepped up at Constitución, Retiro and Once the three main train hubs in Buenos Aires.
These new security measures come into place after the two lines concerned were paralysed by strikes last week following an attack on a security guard on the Mitre line.
The Argentine Gendarmerie counts 42,000 policemen and its primary role is to ensure national security along the countries border and national premises on foreign soil. They also are responsible for some high security complexes inside the country such as nuclear plants.
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