Argentina: 2 killed at Salta roadblock

Johannes Schneider Johannes.Schneider at gmx.net
Mon Jun 18 03:07:17 PDT 2001



>From German indymedia:

http://germany.indymedia.org/2001/06/3441.html

Argentinien: Polizei erschießt Demonstranten At least 2workers killed, 3 severely injured when unemployed workers who are blockin a national route in demand of labour were brutally repressed by provincial and national goverment troops.

This morning police entered General Mosconi town, in Salta province. they cut all services like electricity, gas, water and media too. Police is repressing unemployed protest using tear-gasses and bullets. Unemployed were protesting to get a job and against the persecution acted by job-chiefs. Two people have been killed in the morning. Many protesters are heavily wounded and are in hospitals right now.

According to some sources right now 3000 persons are in the streets to front police repression. Other people are coming to support them from Tartagal. The situation is really confused a the moment and there's no way to know more since police blocked the entrance of press to the town. According to people in the town police is going home by homr searchin' for protesters and they are expecting more haevy armed policemen coming to reach the mountains near the city to block other protesters being there.

Civil Rights Center is calling for a demonstration against police brutality in Salta province's capital.

Spanish report from the Clarin website: http://ar.clarin.com/diario/hoy/p-00315.htm



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