Israel will make its anti-terrorism technology available to Uruguay if the government of José Mujica requests it to fight against crime, announced the country's security minister, Yitzhak Aharonovitch. "We categorize the leaders of criminal gangs like terrorist leaders. We followe them continuously, and we know what they do in their neighborhoods, "he said.
The official, visiting Montevideo, said the industry of their country developed a series of products for the Army that are now used by police to combat crime. The Israeli minister met on Tuesday with President Mujica and the head of the Interior Ministry, Eduardo Bonomi, on Wednesday will do the same with police hierarchy to explain how the community police work in his country, which involved 70,000 volunteers.

(www.elpais.com.uy www.espectador.com and 10 March 2010)