Overview
- Police in Salta, acting on an alert about a possible armed clash tied to a union launch in General Güemes, set up checkpoints that stopped two trucks and a bus and detained 11 people.
- Officers reported seizing three firearms, two air rifles, more than 200 cartridges, knives and caltrops known as “miguelitos,” which are metal spikes used to puncture tires.
- The Fiscalía Penal de Salta opened an investigation and placed the detainees at the disposal of the courts.
- The national petroleum and gas federation thanked police and filed complaints accusing leaders tied to Gabriel Barroso and Sebastián Barrios of organizing an armed intimidation attempt.
- Federation officials said eight of those held are board members in a Barroso‑led union in Mendoza, and police named commanders Diego Bustos, Walter Toledo and Luis Ríos as leading the operation that also checked a bus from Salta and Jujuy.