Eduardo Belliboni
was left in the middle of another controversial situation.
In Mendoza, the picketer leader of the Polo Obrero
punched a man who rebuked him
and, according to the social leader, spat on him.
Belliboni, who already claimed to have made the complaint, had arrived in the provincial capital on Monday to support a local picketer who received a suspended prison sentence for blocking the street during a demonstration.
In the videos, which were spread on Twitter, Belliboni is seen on the steps of the Mendoza judicial center.
There, from various angles, the discussion with the passerby was recorded.
"What are you spitting at me?
Oh, you didn't spit at me?" He managed to ask one of them, before the social leader punched him in the face.
Two other people quickly separated to prevent the fight from escalating.
"What's wrong with this idiot?"
, retorts the other.
"
What's wrong with you, idiot? What's wrong with you?"
is heard in another fragment, while they push and push each other.
Eduardo Belliboni punches a man in the judicial center of Mendoza.
After the videos went viral, Belliboni responded to a Milei follower who had accused him of attacking a "retiree."
In addition, he announced that
he filed a complaint
.
"The man is 50 years old, I am 64, who is the retiree? It is in the complaint that I filed in court, because he
attacked me from behind
after insulting me before this edited image," replied the Polo leader Worker.
After leading protests against the Omnibus Law in front of Congress, where he ended up on the ground and accused security forces of kicking him, Belliboni moved to Mendoza to give his support to Martín Rodríguez, a local activist of the Polo Obrero who was this Tuesday
sentenced to two years and 8 months of suspended prison
for blocking the streets in that province on seven occasions.
Rodríguez was accused of violating article 194 of the Penal Code, which establishes a sentence of three months to two years in prison for anyone who, "without creating a situation of common danger, prevents, hinders or hinders the normal operation of land transportation." , water or air or public services of communication, provision of water, electricity or energy substances".
In the abbreviated trial that had Mirna Montaldi as judge, the picketer acknowledged responsibility for the events.
The last of these episodes had been on January 31, in a mobilization against the Omnibus Law.
According to the terms of the ruling, if another crime is committed in the next four years, the sentence will become effective.
According to the newspaper
El Sol
, Rodríguez was arrested with another militant in March 2023. That time he had already been prohibited from participating in mobilizations that blocked streets or routes.