In this aspect, it was more than 16 kilometers of a chase, which speaks to a criminal network with infrastructure and the most dangerous thing in the world: time on their side to track victims and attack them. Fortunately, a retired Federal Police sergeant was traveling as a passenger in the vehicle, and when one of the motorcycle-riding criminals pointed a gun at him, he defended himself and shot one of them dead on the spot. After the thwarted bank robbery in Núñez by a retired Federal Police officer, which left one criminal dead, it was reported that so far in 2025, there have been more than 3,120 attacks by criminals on police officers nationwide, which means about 11 cases per day. This was denounced by the NGOs Defendamos Buenos Aires and Defendamos la República Argentina, led by public security expert lawyer Javier Miglino. In this sense, Miglino emphasized that "it is a sad record of attacks on uniformed officers nationwide, something that has never happened since the first measurements began in 1985." The reported attacks involved all types of weapons: from revolvers, pistols, and shotguns to knives and sticks. "We are talking about a little over 11 cases every 24 hours in these 310 days of 2025. More than half of the attacks occurred in the province of Buenos Aires and in the Federal Capital. The rest occurred throughout the country," the lawyer specified. On Tuesday, at least six criminals on three motorcycles followed from the corner of Avenida Corrientes and Reconquista in the heart of the Microcentro to Núñez two men in a vehicle who had apparently withdrawn cash from a financial company. "Criminals not only attack with firearms but with whatever they have on hand, which makes the situation potentially more lethal," Miglino indicated. According to this survey, the provinces of Córdoba, Santa Fe (particularly the Rosario area), Mendoza, Neuquén, Misiones, and Chubut followed. "Among these six provinces, plus the Federal Capital and the Conurbano, more than 80 percent of all attacks on police officers nationwide have occurred," the public security expert lawyer stated. Although there is no official national number of police officers killed in the line of duty and as victims of crime, based on information published in media across the country in 2025, at least 29 police officers have been killed in the Argentine Republic. "And he added: 'It all happened in the quiet area of Cuba and Iberá, where neighbors having a coffee just a few meters away had to run for it.' This is less than 10 percent of the more than 300 in Mexico or the 219 in Brazil. Apparently, there were two more support motorcycles, so the National Court of Instruction is examining the security cameras." The case was assigned to Judge Santiago Bignone of the National Criminal Instruction Court No. 39, who charged the retired police officer but ordered his release, considering he acted in self-defense. In the province of Buenos Aires, the largest number of attacks, according to complaints from residents, occurred in the localities of Loma Hermosa, San Martín, Quilmes, Lomas de Zamora, San Isidro (especially in the La Cava villa area), and in Moreno. In the Federal Capital, the most dangerous areas for police action are Flores and Bajo Flores (around the Villa 1-11-14), in Barracas (near the Villa 21-24), Mataderos, Nueva Pompeya, and Retiro. "And if it happens in the City or the province of Buenos Aires, the email is: ongdefendamosbuenosaires@gmail.com. We will file a judicial complaint with absolute confidentiality of identity," the lawyer concluded. "But many more than the 11 officers who lost their lives in Spain, nine in France, or eight in Italy," Miglino affirmed. The lawyer indicated to residents that "if you see an act of insecurity anywhere in the country and want to report it with absolute confidentiality of identity, you can do so at the email of Defendamos la República Argentina: defendamosargentina@gmail.com." The other one managed to escape," Miglino pointed out.
