The national government will send federal, navy and military police to Rosario, Santa Fe, to help local forces combat a spike in homicides linked to organized crime after four people were murdered in the past week.

Authorities will also ask the judiciary to use an anti-terrorism law against gang members, Security Minister Patricia Bullrich said during a press conference Monday. The law states that criminals who “terrorize society” can have their jail sentences doubled.

“We have to help Rosario and Santa Fe amid this narco-terrorist attack,” Defense Minister Luis Petri during the conference. “We have to make life impossible for those who commit crimes so we can give well-meaning citizens their peace back.”

The slayings — which appear to have deliberately targeted individuals with no ties to organized crime — came after authorities released photos of prisoners being forced to sit topless on the floor, tightly packed one behind the other, during a raid.

President Javier Milei and Bullrich have created a Crisis Committee at the request of Santa Fe governor Maximiliano Pullaro to........

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