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.

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“He made it through surgery, but his prognosis is guarded and critical. He is in intensive care. We were able to reduce intracranial pressure and reconstruct some of the tissue. His pupillary response was initially good,” stated the doctors’ report released to the press.

Grillo was shot while covering protests by retirees at the Congress Square, where police violently repressed elderly demonstrators. He was crouching to capture images when the canister struck his head, causing him to collapse instantly. A video footage shows a police officer deliberately firing at him.

His father, Fabian Grillo, explained that his son works as an independent journalist, photographing social and political movements.

Unable to deny what happened, the administration of far-right President Javier Milei instead sought to discredit the photographer, dismissively labeling him a “Kirchnerist militant”—in other words, a supporter of leftist former President Cristina Fernandez- Kirchner. But that was not all.

Guillermo Francos, the chief of the Cabinet of Ministers, described citizen mobilizations in support of retirees—which include workers, students, and soccer fans—as “a kind of coup d’etat.”

Despite increasing police brutality, retirees continue to protest every Wednesday outside Congress, demanding that their pensions be adjusted for inflation, the restoration of medication coverage, and the continuation of the pension moratorium, which allowed those without sufficient years of contributions to access a pension.

teleSUR/ JF

Sources: EFE – LetraP

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