Zero tolerance for G20 violence: Argentina

Argentine Security Minister Patricia Bullrich -- strongly criticized over public order lapses that forced the postponement of the Copa Libertadores soccer final -- has said police would show zero tolerance at the G20 summit.

Bullrich told reporters on the eve of the summit in Buenos Aires that security forces had reached an agreement with protest groups that demonstrations would be peaceful.

Asked if the country had the capacity to quell violence of the kind that marred last year's G20 meeting in Hamburg, Bullrich said: "We have made contact with those who raised dissent and we have reached an agreement so that demonstrations are peaceful, without violence."
However, she warned: "We will not tolerate violence and we will act if any group tries to breach the peace."