Video captures moment Argentinian police shoot photojournalist
- Pablo Grillo, a photojournalist, was shot by police during protests at Congress Square in Buenos Aires on March 12, 2025, and remains in critical condition after surgery.
- A video shows a police officer deliberately firing at Grillo while he covered demonstrations by retirees demanding better pension conditions.
- The administration of President Javier Milei is accused of attempting to discredit Grillo by labeling him a 'Kirchnerist militant' amid increasing police violence during retiree protests.
- Retirees continue to protest weekly at Congress demanding pension adjustments, despite escalating police brutality against them.
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Commotion in Argentina over the police repression that left a photographer grave: "We are not afraid of these fascists"
The brother of photographer Pablo Grillo points out that the police shot him at close range and the priest Paco Olveira claims that a fellow parish priest was arrested only for being in the march of the retirees. Milei’s government insists with its version that the Manfestants were “barrabravas” More than a hundred detainees and hundreds of wounded in Milei’s repression of the retired One seriously injured photographer and 114 detainees – who we…
Argentine Photographer Wounded by Police Gunfire is in Serious Condition - teleSUR English
His camera was revealing police brutality against retirees protesting for their rights. On Wednesday night, authorities at the Ramos Mejia Hospital in Buenos Aires reported that photographer Pablo Grillo, who was struck by a tear gas canister on Wednesday, causing a skull fracture, underwent surgery but remains in critical condition. RELATED: 87-Year-Old Woman Hospitalized After Repression by Argentine Federal Police Officer “He made it through …
Argentina: Journalist seriously injured in protest · Global Voices
An Argentine photojournalist came out on Thursday of an emergency surgery at his head which, according to his father, "save his life", after having received a projectile shot the day before while he was covering a march for the defense of pensioners in Buenos Aires, which degenerated into clashes between police and demonstrators.
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