Looting in Argentina as police stop work

SkyNews.com.au
Wednesday December 4, 2013

People have looted stores in the central Argentine province of Cordoba after police demanding pay raises refused to leave their barracks, TV footage shows.

Vandals, some on motorcycles, ransacked stores on Tuesday as they took advantage of the lack of police, local TV reported.

Police want higher salaries and better working conditions, said a lawyer for the police officers, Miguel Ortiz Pellegrini.

About 3000 police in Cordoba refused to leave police stations to go on patrol.

The province has 22,000 officers for a population of 3.5 million, the largest in Argentina after Buenos Aires province.

Cordoba is big farm producer and lure for tourists who come to enjoy its countryside.

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