Kicillof Management: two wake gunmen shooting in less than 24 hours

In the province of Axel Kicillof, criminals no longer hide: in less than 24 hours, two “tumberos” wakes were transformed into real spectacles of impunity, with gunshots in the air, streets taken over and gangs showing their impunity without any reprisal. The scenes, which took place in Merlo and Fuerte Apache, exposed an increasingly frequent reality in the

Buenos Aires suburbs.

One of the episodes took place in the town of Libertad, in front of the cemetery near the Midland stadium, where Abraham Ismael Troncoso, a 20-year-old thief killed after trying to rob a Buenos Aires policeman, was fired. During the procession, several attendees drew weapons and began shooting in the air, while others accompanied them with motorcycles and exhaust explosions, creating a climate of total intimidation

on public roads.

The scene not only included physical violence, but also a symbolic construction on social networks, where family members and relatives disseminated images of the offender with messages vindicating him, accompanied by music that glorifies criminal activity. There were even t-shirts with his face and slogans that dismissed him as an admired and “respectable” figure.

The second incident took place in the housing complex known as Fort Apache, in the district of Tres de Febrero, a territory historically criss-crossed by criminal disputes. There, the wake of Mario Carrizo, alias “Marito” or “Muela”, was held, identified as a member of a band linked to drug trafficking. As in Merlo, the farewell was marked by the presence of firearms, with multiple people carrying 9mm guns and firing shots in the air

.

But in this case, the background is even more serious. Carrizo's death occurred in the context of an escalation of violence linked to drug disputes. According to police reconstruction, the episode began with an attack on a house in search of a man linked to a previous conflict. After not finding him, the assailants beat a retired woman and shot her house, which led to the intervention of a neighbor who ended up mortally

wounding Carrizo.

Far from ending there, the situation led to a revenge raid that lasted for hours, with attacks on different parts of the neighborhood and the murder of another man, evidencing a logic of territorial violence typical of organized criminal structures.

Social networks once again functioned as a sounding board for this culture of violence. Relatives and relatives of the offender disseminated messages full of explicit threats, promising reprisals against relatives of alleged rivals, reinforcing the hypothesis that clashes could

continue.

These episodes not only expose the level of violence, but also a worrying normalization of criminal practices that are frequently repeated in the suburbs. Tumba wakes, far from being isolated events, have become open demonstrations of power, carried out with total impunity and without

the intervention of provincial authorities.