Two arrested during the demonstration in Plaza de Mayo

This Thursday, two people were arrested in the middle of the demonstration that advanced towards Plaza de Mayo against the austerity measures of the national government of Javier Milei. The two detainees are of legal age and were arrested “one on diagonal North and the other diagonal South,” where the demonstrators gathered before going to the Casa Rosada area. The detainee from Diagonal Norte and Maipú wounded a City Police officer in the arm with a knife. The one from Diagonal Sur arrested for riots and aggression”, they detail in Télam about the reasons for the arrest of each one. The same sources added that the injured officer is officer Cristofer Ibarrola, who received a “superficial cut on the chin” and added information about those arrested. The detainee in Diagonal Sur was identified as Héctor Adolfo Ganzo, 63, belonging to “the Polo Obrero group”, who “was charged with disobedience, article 239” and who was transferred to the Higher Institute of Public Security (ISSP). While the protester detained in Diagonal Norte and Maipú was identified as Ulises Nicolás Fernández, 25, and was arrested for “attack, resistance to authority and injuries.” The incidents took place on Diagonal Norte, while the demonstrators were advancing towards the Plaza de Mayo, while on Belgrano Avenue, at the height of Piedras, the City Police threw pepper spray at demonstrators. These arrests were part of the implementation of the “protocol for the maintenance of public order” announced last week by the Minister of Security, Patricia Bullrich, with which the security forces prevent demonstrators from occupying public roads during a mobilization.

Original source in Spanish