Several injured and arrested leave a crackdown against the march in rejection of Milei's labor reform

Published at: 19/02/2026 06:43 PM

In Argentina, preliminary reports report injuries and arrests during the general strike of February 19, when the police opened the fence that separated them from a crowd of demonstrators and began to arrest people who were protesting there.

“The motorcycles and the infantry advanced in an excessive security operation, while Congress is debating labor reform,” reported the C5n.com portal, which added reports from various human rights organizations which estimate that there are at least 11 people arrested by the Federal Police and the City Police.

“It is not known if they include four people who were delayed in the early afternoon, who were not related to the demonstration.

In the live broadcast of C5N, it was seen how a large group of the Argentine Federal Police tied up and held the man to the floor, with fist blows and kicks, whose identity is unknown or where he was transferred.

The incident took place in an area close to the legislative palace, with the idea of clearing the area, with a significant presence of the uniformed personnel, 2,000 personnel, who occupied the Congress Square, seeking to evict the workers, trade unionists, and neighbors who were in the place.

“There were rubber bullets, tear gas and hydrant trucks, with an outpost on Rivadavia Avenue, which left several injured, with violence that was not seen in the last days of protest against the so-called “labor modernization”.

Mazo News Team