BA Province Police lift protest after 10-hour stand-off

The Buenos Aires police officers that were staging a confined protest in the barracks at the intersection of 1 and 60 Streets in La Plata decided this afternoon to call off their protest at least until the Internal Affairs department analyzes whether six of them were responsible of violently hitting activists in the La Campora and Peronist Youth political organizations during Daniel Scioli’s inauguration ceremony.

“They were just following orders. No one will be sanctioned after this,” said Walter Revoredo, one of the officials sanctioned after the incidents that took place when militants from the La Campora and the Peronist Youth organizations clashed in the Buenos Aires Legislature.

The recently appointed chief of the Buenos Aires province police, Hugo Matzkin was working this morning to try to ease the tensions.

According to police sources, between 120 and 150 uniformed officers were involved in the incident.

The group of policemen protested inside the La Plata Infantry and Cavalry barracks to try to get their six fellow officers reinstated, after they were dismissed for their violent actions during the conflicts shown by political groups, La Cámpora and Peronist Youth.

Police sources indicated that Matzkin was in charge of trying to calm the conflict, which involves members of the police infantry authorities.