Violence erupts at anti-government rally over missing Argentine activist
Clashes have broken out between police and protesters at a mass Buenos Aires rally commemorating the one-month anniversary of the disappearance of activist Santiago Maldonaldo, for which protesters blame the authorities.
On Friday night, thousands occupied Plaza de Mayo, the square outside the presidential palace in the Argentinian capital, holding placards reading “Where is Santiago Maldonaldo?” while chanting “Killers, killers, killers!”
Sergio Maldonaldo, the brother of the 28-year-old missing activist, accused the right-wing government of Mauricio Macri of covering up Santiago’s “forced disappearance” during an indigenous land rights protest on August 1, and demanded the resignation of security minister Patricia Bullrich.’
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