Javier Milei's government, through the National Security Ministry, reported that it managed to identify 17 terrorists accused of participating in the violent riots that took place during the session on the Labor Modernization bill in front of the National Congress.
The list includes names, documents, and photographic records that made it possible to move forward with the individualization of those involved, within the framework of an investigation that has already begun to be processed by federal justice.
The arrests linked to these events began to be analyzed after the episodes that the Security Minister, Alejandra Monteoliva, described as "extreme violence." The official explained that the identification was the result of "joint work between the federal forces and the justice system," supported by images from security cameras, media records, and material taken from social networks.
"Yesterday afternoon we had identified four, today there are already seventeen," Monteoliva stated in remarks to Radio Mitre. She also specified that most of those identified come from Buenos Aires Province, although there are also cases corresponding to the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and the north of the country.
According to official data, those identified are: Lucas Horacio Cabrera, Claudio Marcelo Figueroa, Héctor Rodolfo Cabrera, Martín Castiñeiras, Federico Alberto Mazzagalli, Matías Enzo Roldán, and Patricio Hernán Castellan.
The list also includes Denis Alejandro Figueredo, Néstor Alejandro Flores, Lucas Ezequiel Lobato, Nahuel Ezequiel Britos, Carlos Nicolás Kipper Amalfi, Manuel Edgardo Barrios, Natanael Benjamín Aguirre, Jorge Ismael González, Pedro Antonio Juárez, and Roberto Daniel Tassano.
A large part of those identified have criminal records for aggravated robbery, injuries, and other crimes. During the day of incidents, 71 people were arrested, 27 of whom were intercepted at access points prior to the demonstration.
Monteoliva maintained that those who took part in the violent acts were not seeking solely to attack the security forces. "It was not just about assaulting the police, but about destabilizing the institutions," she stated, in reference to the use of Molotov cocktails, hammers, and bolts.
"People who were carrying in their backpacks gasoline cans, Molotov cocktails, bolts to shoot with slingshots, sticks turned into launching rods," the minister listed as she described the items seized.
