Overview
- Eduardo Duhalde returned to public view Thursday for a book presentation at Universidad Nacional de Lanús and was interrupted by protesters who accused him of responsibility for the Avellaneda killings.
- Protesters chanted calls for vengeance and read a statement before being removed by venue security, while some attendees counter-sang the Peronist march and Duhalde largely remained silent and at times smiled.
- The deaths of Darío Santillán and Maximiliano Kosteki on June 26, 2002 were captured in photographs showing police firing on the two youths, and two officers were later sentenced to life in prison for the killings.
- Families and student activists, including the university group CESACO, said the justice process punished direct perpetrators but never probed 'political responsibility' for the operation and renewed their demand for 'juicio y castigo.'
- The episode revived long-running debates about state violence and impunity in Argentina and could increase public pressure for broader judicial or political inquiries into decisions taken by senior officials during the 2001–2002 crisis.