Son of Indigenous Leader Attacked in Formosa

Late Saturday night, 4th May, a street gang brutally attacked two youths of indigenous descent in the northern province of Formosa. One of the victims is 21-year-old Abelardo Díaz, the son of Qom leader Félix Díaz.The boys were unsuspectingly surrounded by a mob of about 30 people that abruptly began beating them, allegedly using clubs and other objects to attack Abelardo and his peer Carlos Sosa until they had to be hospitalised. They were first taken to a local hospital but later transferred to the Juan Domingo Perón hospital in the provincial capital.