Argentine Police End Strike After 1 Dead in Cordoba Looting
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Police officers in the Argentine province of Cordoba lifted a strike that left one dead after looting spread in unguarded streets of the country’s second-largest city. The officers got a 33 percent salary increase.
The officers are resuming their duties after an agreement was signed with the provincial government, Miguel Ortiz Pellegrini, legal adviser to the police, said in a radio interview. The national Security Secretary Sergio Berni said he’s sending 2,000 security forces to help after Cordoba Governor Jose Manuel De la Sota used his Twitter account to ask President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner for reinforcements earlier today.