State Absence Enables Narcotrafficking and Brutality: The Tragic Cost of Argentina’s Failed Security Policies

Argentina reels from a brutal triple femicide that lays bare a critical truth: where the state fails to assert strong presence, narcotrafficking thrives—and with it, shocking violence against innocent lives.Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof’s somber remarks encapsulate the crisis sweeping his province. “When the State has insufficient presence, when young people face scarce opportunities and a blurred future, narco power grows,” he warned. This grim reality is not abstract; it directly translates into daily horrors such as the torture and murder of three young women—Morena Verdi (20), Brenda del Castillo (20), and Lara Gutiérrez (15)—found buried in a Florencio Varela...