CTA militants destroyed the newspaper Río Negro's newsroom and threatened a journalist with death

03/23/2021 3:28 PM

• Clarín.com

• Politics

Updated 03/23/2021 4:08 PM

A group of militants from the

Autonomous CTA

violently entered the facilities of the

Río Negro

newspaper on Tuesday

, where they

beat members of the staff and caused damage.

According to the media itself, the unionists

beat the receptionist,

threw alcohol and paint on him.

They also assaulted

a photographer.

The incident occurred around noon, after the coverage by the Río Negro newspaper of the hearing for

sexual abuse against Miguel Báez

, leader of the ODEL group of the Autonomous CTA.

Witnesses

​

indicated that the militants were marching from the headquarters of the Judiciary where the hearing was held.

They broke into the newspaper's building, attacked two people and demanded to speak to journalist Luis Leiva, whom they

threatened with death.

Leiva is the person covering the case against Báez.

Although in the images that circulated about the episode it is observed that the attackers had bibs from the Autonomous CTA, the local referents of that union branch

tried to detach themselves

from the incidents and said that these people "are not necessarily organically subordinate to the central.

I strongly condemn the attack produced today against workers of @rionegrocomar.

Violence is not the way and we cannot allow the freedom of the press to be violated.

I express all our support at this difficult time for the medium.

- Arabela Carreras (@ArabelaCarreras) March 23, 2021

Through a statement, they remarked that they repudiate "any type of aggression towards the workers of the Río Negro newspaper and the destruction of its headquarters in General Roca."

"Despite the fact that the police from the Third Roca Police Station (the largest in the city and located one block from the building) were alerted, they were present

more than half an hour later,

" published the Río Negro newspaper on its website. from Internet.

I want to express my energetic repudiation of the violent act of intimidation against Diario Río Negro and express my support and solidarity with the attacked workers of @rionegrocomar.

https://t.co/ds7CM4JqL1

- Alberto Weretilneck (@Weretilneck) March 23, 2021

In addition, they indicated that

"the newspaper's building was absolutely destroyed

, with graffiti and posters in a clear intimidating message towards this medium."

For now, the media authorities have already

filed a

complaint

with the Justice for the "verbal threats, insults and beatings to the receptionist of the building and a photographer."

For her part, Governor Arabela Carreras expressed her solidarity and promised to open a summary due to the delay of the Police in arriving at the place.

Adepa strongly repudiates the violent attacks and intimidation produced by protesters from the Central de Trabajadores de la Argentina (CTA-Autónoma) in the @rionegrocomar newsroom that occurred this afternoon in General Roca.

https://t.co/tpcj3F2lJr

- ADEPA (@Adepargentina) March 23, 2021

She was joined by Alberto Weretilneck, former provincial president.

"I want to express my strong repudiation of the violent act of intimidation against Diario Río Negro and express my support and solidarity with the attacked workers of @rionegrocomar," wrote the current national senator.

Meanwhile, ADEPA "strongly" repudiated the attacks and intimidation.

He also expressed his solidarity with the journalist threatened with death.

Images of the destruction

Attack of the Autonomous CTA on the Río Negro newspaper

Attack of the Autonomous CTA on the Río Negro newspaper

Attack of the Autonomous CTA on the Río Negro newspaper

Attack of the Autonomous CTA on the Río Negro newspaper

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