Journalist and Bolivian Activist Facundo Molares Murdered by Buenos Aires Police

[Judi Lynn]

Yesterday, Facundo Molares, a political activist and journalist was suffocated to death by Buenos Aires police, echoing the police murder of George Floyd in 2020. Today, social and political organizations across Argentina are mobilizing in response and calling for justice for Facundo Molares.

La Izquierda Diario Argentina

August 11, 2023



Yesterday, Facundo Molares, a journalist and political prisoner of the Bolivian coup regime, was murdered by police officers who were repressing a political demonstration in the center of Buenos Aires. The images show how police officers tried to revive him after causing him to go into cardiac arrest.

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Molares was assassinated by the police force of Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, the current chief of government of the city of Buenos Aires and candidate for president for the right-wing coalition Together for Change, in the presidential primary elections that will take place this Sunday, August 13, in Argentina.

Images, which have been circulating widely across social media, show the moment Molares was murdered, after having suffered cardiac arrest. Police brutality in Argentina and around the world is fueled daily by law and order speeches, calling for more repression against anyone who protests or is simply working class and poor.

The images of Molares’ murder are shocking. A knee is put on his body, a journalist then asks the police to stop the attack because Molares was turning purple. There is no denying that Facundo Molares died as a result of police repression.

More:
https://www.leftvoice.org/journalist-and-bolivian-activist-facundo-molares-murdered-by-buenos-aires-police/

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You may recall Trump was a strong supporter of the racist, fascist Bolivian wealthy white right-wing coup criminals.