MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency

Friday, August 7th 2026 - 10:06 UTC

According to police sources, the Federal Police arrested three people and the Buenos Aires City Police another nine, all charged with assault and resisting authority

Twelve people were detained on Thursday during clashes outside Argentina's Congress, at a demonstration called against the Inviolability of Private Property bill being debated in the Senate.

According to police sources, the Federal Police arrested three people and the Buenos Aires City Police another nine, all charged with assault and resisting authority. The Security Ministry deployed some 820 officers from federal forces and the city police under its anti-picket protocol.