The march by Facundo Astudillo Castro to Plaza de Mayo ended with graffiti in the Cabildo

03/09/2020 - 16:04

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While the remains of Facundo Astudillo Castro were being fired in Pedro Luro, in the south of the province of Buenos Aires, left-wing and human rights organizations marched 

to demand justice for the young man found dead after being detained. by the Buenos Aires Police.

Taking all health precautions and respecting social distance due to the coronavirus pandemic, the mobilization was called by the

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During the protest there were some incidents, with hooded men who painted on the facade of the Cabildo.

"Death to the State", "Genocidal State" and "Mapuches to the streets" were some of the messages, which carried the classic anarchist symbol.

Hooded men painted on the Cabildo Photo Germán García Adrasti

There were also death threats against the Minister of Security of the Province, Sergio Berni, the target of the main slogans that could be seen during the mobilization.

"It is a day of great pain and anger. We go out to the streets to ask for justice. It is a forced disappearance followed by death and that connects us with a dark memory of Argentina, that is why there is so much anger and we go out with such force . We join the request of the family for Berni to leave, he is the political head of the police, it is not even called silence, he has bravado statements against the lawsuit, "said leftist leader Manuela Castañeira.

The demonstration occurs while the remains of Astudillo Castro are fired in the south of the province.Photo Germán García Adrasti

“It is a shame that this minister who has sown false hypotheses in the media from the beginning is still in office and that the provincial and national authorities have not yet fired him.

Enough of the cover-up.

The state is responsible, "he added.

Castañeira stated that “it is upsetting that a kid has been murdered by the Buenos Aires city for the 'crime' of being young.

An Argentina with forced disappearances of people is no longer banking.

Justice already for Facundo Astudillo Castro ".

Earlier, relatives of victims of easy trigger and human rights organizations mobilized in the center of the

to demand the clarification of the death of the young man who disappeared on April 30 last and whose remains were found on August 15 last .

The main slogans are directed against the Buenos Aires security minister, Sergio Berni.Photo Germán García Adrasti

The march, organized by the Collective against the Easy Trigger of La Plata, had the participation of members of the group Hijos La Plata, the Center for Human Rights Professionals, the Multisectorial de La Plata Berisso and Ensenada and teachers from the Suteba union, in addition to political groups such as the MST.

"Now we know that Facundo was assassinated, that he had not been lost," said a member of the Collective against the Easy Trigger of La Plata.

He assured that "during these months there were operations to cover up his murder" and remarked that "the police, prosecutors and the province's own government wanted to establish that he was lost and not that he had been kidnapped and killed by the police."

I demand justice for the death of Facundo Astudillo.Photo Germán García Adrasti

"We have a new stage in the fight for justice for Facundo and his family, we have his mother who is at the head of this fight, who is sustained in the fight and shows us the path that we must follow until we achieve that the police who they committed their murder and those responsible for the judiciary pay for the maneuvers they did, that the Minister of Security (Sergio Berni) leave, "he claimed.

The column of hundreds of people carried flags and posters that expressed that "The State is responsible" for Facundo's death and demanded "Berni out", alluding to the fact that the Buenos Aires minister had to resign due to the alleged participation of police officers in the death by Facundo.