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Mendoza Holds Two Anti-Mining Protesters After Legislature Clashes

Judicial sources say Liza Rule Larrea and Martín Iglesias remain detained without formal charges pending evidence collection.

Overview

  • The detainees were picked up late Thursday during a march against the Proyecto San Jorge outside the provincial Legislature.
  • Rule Larrea is held at Comisaría 7º de Godoy Cruz and Martín Iglesias at the Polo Judicial, according to party and judicial sources.
  • Vice Governor Hebe Casado defended the detentions on X, citing provincial rules that prohibit full street blockages during protests.
  • Left-wing leaders say police used unjustified force, with Myriam Bregman alleging a beating by a plainclothes commissioner and illegal confinement inside the Legislature; they filed a criminal complaint.
  • The provincial Security Ministry attributed the incidents to political militants and the Asamblea por el Agua and reported seven injured police officers.