The Municipality of Merlo reported the implementation of new saturation operations—both dynamic and static—in various neighborhoods of the district, in coordination with security forces. According to the Argentine News Agency, the objective of these deployments is to strengthen preventive presence in the territory and expand controls at strategic points, as part of a policy of reinforcing patrols and monitoring. In the municipality's official channels, the news was included in recent district publications dated 01/21/2026, as part of the local government's communication scheme. The municipality did not provide a numerical summary of results in that communiqué, but it did emphasize the continuity of the operations as a preventive and situational control tool. In Merlo, the reinforcement of patrols and operations is usually coordinated with community demands and areas with high circulation, with the aim of deterring crime and regulating the presence of forces during critical hours.
