Buenos Aires Recovers 30-Year Illegally Occupied Building in Núñez

Buenos Aires city authorities have recovered an eight-story building in the Núñez neighborhood that had been illegally occupied for three decades. The building, containing 32 apartments and lacking essential utilities like electricity and gas, was reportedly a significant source of insecurity for local residents.

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The usurpation of a property not only harms the owner but also the neighborhood, because evil settles on the block: there is drugs, insecurity, trafficking, textile workshops with slave labor, everything.

The eviction operation at Manuela Pedraza 1875 was carried out following a judicial order and numerous complaints from neighbors. Residents described the building as a "hotbed of insecurity," citing issues such as drug dealing, human trafficking, and clandestine textile workshops operating under slave labor conditions. The building was found to be in poor structural condition, with reports of intentional fires inside.

City officials highlighted that this recovery is part of a broader effort to address illegal occupations. Since December 2023, the city government claims to have returned 937 properties to their rightful owners, valued at around $500 million. The recovered building in Núñez has been cleaned, secured with temporary barriers, and measures are in place to prevent re-occupation.

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We are going to continue carrying out these operations and freeing up all the properties that have been usurped. The laws or the judges have not changed; the political decision and the people's trust in us have changed. In the City, the law is enforced.

Buenos Aires Mayor Jorge Macri stated that "the usurpation of a property not only harms the owner but also the neighborhood, because evil settles on the block." He emphasized the government's commitment to continuing these operations, asserting that "in the City, the law is enforced." The city administration also claims that crime rates have decreased in neighborhoods where such evictions have taken place, aiming to ensure order and equal rights for all residents.

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The respect for private property and the ordering of public space are priorities in the management and mark a before and after in the way of defending the law and addressing security in the City.