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Police fired tear fuel within the Argentine capital Saturday, as they clashed with supporters of vice chairman Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, days after prosecutors sought a 12-year jail sentence in opposition to her for alleged corruption.
Argentina’s official information company Télam reported police used sticks and tear fuel on protesters after a bunch of individuals knocked down fences that the town authorities had ordered to be put up close to the vice chairman’s residence.
At the least 14 cops have been injured within the violence, in response to Felipe Miguel, the chief of workers of the Buenos Aires authorities. 4 protesters have been arrested following the clashes, the native authorities mentioned.
The mayor of Buenos Aires, Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, mentioned injured officers have been being handled within the hospital.
“The demonstration became a scenario of violence. There was a bunch of demonstrators who started to throw down the fences, to throw stones, to assault the police,” Larreta mentioned, including “within the metropolis of Buenos Aires violence is the restrict. We is not going to enable conditions of violence, so long as there are (such conditions), the police will act.”
A federal prosecutor in Argentina on Monday known as for Fernandez de Kirchner to serve a 12-year jail sentence for alleged corruption. The court docket is but to rule on the prosecutor’s request.
Argentine President Alberto Fernandez condemned what he mentioned was the usage of violence by the town authorities in opposition to an illustration of residents “in freedom and democracy.”
