Overview
- Protests outside the National Congress over a bill on the inviolability of private property turned violent on Thursday after a long, mostly peaceful demonstration.
- Roughly 820 officers from Policía Federal, Gendarmería, Prefectura and Policía de la Ciudad formed cordons and used water cannon, tear gas, rubber bullets and, in some reports, pepper spray to disperse groups that tried to breach barriers.
- A smaller group of demonstrators reportedly broke paving and benches and used fragments and stones as projectiles, which security forces say prompted the forceful response.
- Media outlets reported about 12 people detained while the Ministry of Security officially confirmed three arrests on charges of atentado and resistencia a la autoridad; several officers and at least one journalist were injured and a gendarme was taken to Hospital Churruca with a head wound.
- Deputy Esteban Paulón has filed an urgent request to summon Security Minister Alejandra Monteoliva for explanations, raising likely congressional oversight, legal follow-ups for detained protesters and renewed scrutiny of press-safety and crowd-control tactics.