A night of the Indeoamericano occupation, with neighbours on the streets protesting(Photo: Kate-Sedgwick) Police Charged over Parque Indoamericano Eviction: Judge Mónica Berdión today announced the move to prosecute 24 Metropolitan Police and eight Federal Police officers for “unlawful injury and manslaughter” during the December 2010 Parque Indoamericano eviction, which left three dead and five injured. Charges are being brought against both the leaders of the operation and various lower-ranking officers who were actually involved in the clearing of the terrain, located in Villa Soldati, in the south of Buenos Aires. The park had been occupied by some 5,000 people in protest of the lack of city government action in providing social housing solutions for the many residents of the city’s shantytowns. The occupation lasted for ten days, with occupiers facing hostility from local residents, whilst the city and national governments showed reluctance to find a solution, both claiming the problem to be out of their jurisdiction, before a joint operation eventually cleared the park. Judge Berdión has confirmed that the police will not be remanded in custody. The post Argentina News Roundup: 8th May 2014 appeared first on The Argentina Independent.
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Argentina News Roundup: 8th May 2014
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