Argentina to Heighten Airport Security

The Argentinean government will beef up security in the country’s major international airports by taking pictures and fingerprints of every passenger flying back to the national territory.

“in coming months, this measure will be implemented in the rest of country’s 335 immigration checkpoints scattered along the 5,592 miles of Argentinean borders,” Ricardo Rodriguez, director of the government’s Immigration Department, was quoted as saying in local newspaper El Clarin.

Both the Ezeiza International Airport in the outskirts of Buenos Aires and the Air Field used for domestic flights will have those new gizmos installed by the turn of the year. Some 18 million people come to Argentina every year.

Mr. Rodriguez added that “immigration controls will be streamlined in an effort to reinforce security measures and ease the inflow of tourists.”

Passengers –he went on to explain- will only be held back a minute at the terminals during the new immigration procedures.