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Trans Influencer Files Police Complaint After Attack at Buenos Aires Greengrocer

A viral video of the confrontation is focusing attention on how authorities respond when aggressors cite disability or mental‑health claims.

Overview

  • Ámbar Deleo, shopping in the Villa Urquiza neighborhood, recorded a woman shouting transphobic slurs before the confrontation turned physical.
  • Deleo says she slapped in self‑defense after repeated harassment, as the other woman kicked her and yelled that Deleo was “a man.”
  • The other woman and her mother pointed to a disability card and the woman collapsed on the floor before police reached the store.
  • Police spoke with those involved and, according to Deleo, told her the women appeared to have mental‑health issues.
  • Deleo later filed a report at the station, the video drew visible support from neighbors, and authorities have not announced arrests or charges.