The former interior minister Luis Alberto Heber He estimated that in robbery-related homicides, “50 people died before” and “10 people die now.” “It’s terrible that 10 die, but it’s much better. We are better than before,” he said on the show this Friday Cheers people on channel 10.
“People who are not associated with criminal activity are much less likely to die (…) Professionals no longer die from robberies like they used to. You can’t say things haven’t changed. They have changed,” he explained.
And he added: “I think that at the end of this government we will achieve a 30% reduction in thefts.” He appreciated that crime They went down and “before” they rose again.
“A lot of people put the numbers into perspective because someone was killed on the corner and the neighborhood is sad. And they say: Oh, look at Heber’s numbers, the Interior Ministry’s numbers,” he said.
Heber insisted the situation was “reversed.” Previously, he explained, 72% of the population said the biggest concern was insecurity. “The indices were all up, and now they’re down.”
Regarding the murder of police officer Alexis Meireles in the Marconi district, Heber said Minister Nicolás Martinelli was “overwhelmed.” “We are not insensitive, it is terrible that an officer dies in a confrontation with police,” he said.