Argentina's shocking trend of attacking, robbing and murdering the elderly

the past few weeks in the capital have seen a series of brutal murders of elderly pensioners... robbery and murder is horrifying under any circumstances but attacking and killing defenseless senior citizens is particularly heinous... that some of the perpetrators are law enforcement officers is beyond comprehension...

The series of attacks on aged men and women, probably seen as easy targets and suspected by the violent prowlers of keeping their pension money in a jam jar in the kitchen, is a disturbing reflection of the absence of security and the lengths to which burglars — including one case of a gang operated and manned by off-duty police — are prepared to go in their pursuit of the cash to fund their homes and habits. The raids suffered by elderly people run into several dozen, and the recent murders reach about 40.

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The problem hinges mainly on the availability of drugs, and the increasing levels of drug addiction. Drug use in Argentina is now at unprecedented levels, and the country is considered by international analysts as one of the main areas of consumption and transshipment in Latin America.

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