Overview
- A protest over a new public tender for urban maintenance turned violent on June 26 when a group of roughly 150–200 people burned tires at the Palacio Municipal entrance, broke windows and started a fire that was later controlled.
- Police detained 22 people after the midday disturbances and the Municipalidad de La Plata filed a criminal complaint accusing militants of the MTE of aggravated damage, injuries and attack on authority.
- Officials reported six injured Policía Bonaerense officers and at least one neighbor hit by a thrown stone, and said more than 300 attendees at an indoor prevention event were temporarily confined during the attack.
- The municipality says it moved to licitación pública to comply with a Tribunal de Cuentas order and alleges the MTE sought to preserve a direct contract worth about 90 million pesos monthly; cooperatives warn the change risks widespread precarious job losses.
- Authorities have launched judicial and police investigations into the damage and arrests, the city has quantified repair costs at roughly 43.6 million pesos, and social organizations have called demonstrations demanding the detainees' release.