The Police of the City of Buenos Aires used sticks, water thrown from hydrant trucks and tear gas to repress militants who had gathered near the home of Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in the Recoleta neighborhood to give him their support.
Incidents and repression with hydrant trucks in the concentration of support for Cristina Fernández. A fence was demolished and tension is growing between the protesters and the police in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Recoleta. There are four people arrested. pic.twitter.com/8K9sSecf0x
– Public Television (@TV_Publica) August 27, 2022
The incidents began after a group of protesters knocked down the fences that the head of the Buenos Aires government, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, ordered to be placed near the department of the former president.
Police fired water from hydrant trucks, batoned and tear-gassed the crowd.
In addition, the journalist Ezequiel Guazzora was hit on the head by the action of the police officers and there were other people who had been injured.
The Buenos Aires deputy Matías Molle, the former provincial legislator Facundo Tignanelli and the Buenos Aires journalist and official Fabián “Conu” Rodríguez were also arrested by the City Police, according to the A24 channel.
But later, the Buenos Aires Police reported that all the detainees had been released, while the uniformed men withdrew from the place and the protesters managed to position themselves on Juncal Street, where a vigil had been set up since Monday night.
“Four amparos were filed for the police to withdraw,” he reported. @Gregoriodalbon. Cristina Fernández’s lawyer spoke about the incidents in front of the vice president’s home and gave details about Fernández’s defense in the framework of the so-called “Causa Vialidad”. pic.twitter.com/tAYPgDo2zw
– Public Television (@TV_Publica) August 27, 2022
