The aggressor in the UNLA is the son of Humberto Tumini, a former guerrilla fighter.
One of the assaulted students, Thiago Salvatori, said that the group was surrounded by several people who began to intimidate them. According to his testimony, the teacher attacked one of his classmates, knocked him down and continued the aggression even though the young man was already on the ground. The student stated that his classmate hit his head against the floor and was dragged several meters away
In addition to the teacher, university employees, including Emanuel Carloni, Marcela Méndez, María Laura Oliver, Manuel Murphy and Sofía Martínez, were also involved, according to the complainants.
The incident was brought to justice and from the libertarian space they reported death threats and injuries, including a broken rib in one of the militants.
After the meeting, he reported that the teacher involved would no longer be part of the campus and stressed the importance of guaranteeing freedom of expression in the university environment.
The official warned that the Government will follow the investigation closely and stressed that universities cannot be spaces of ideological persecution or violence against those who think differently.
The case of violence registered at the National University of Lanús (UNLa) added a new chapter after the discovery of a fact that deepens the controversy: professor Juan Tumini, who was identified in films as one of the aggressors of libertarian students, is the son of Humberto Tumini, a former member of the People's Revolutionary Army (ERP).
The episode occurred during a student activity on the university campus, where members of the Crear + Libertad group —linked to La Libertad Avanza— set up a table to distribute brochures. According to audiovisual records and testimonies, within a few minutes they were rebuked and attacked by a group of left-wing people led by the
teacher.
Humberto Tumini was an active part of that armed structure and, over time, continued his career in politics, being one of the founders of the Free Homeland Space and later leader of the Free of the South movement, linked for years to Kirchnerism
and of which Juan is a militant.Humrberto himself has publicly acknowledged his participation in the ERP and defended that past in different interviews, in which he argued that the armed struggle was a response to the political context of the time. His figure was associated with the revolutionary militancy of the 70s and with the left-wing sectors that vindicate that period
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Juan Tumini, who starred in the most violent scenes, was identified among the aggressors. In the videos released, he is seen threatening students, trying to take away their cell phones and physically advancing against them. The situation escalated rapidly and resulted in blows, pushes and moments of
