Argentine President Javier Milei was safely evacuated from a campaign rally in Lomas de Zamora, Buenos Aires, on Wednesday after violent leftist rioters threw rocks and other objects against him.
Security Minister Patricia Bulrich described the incident as an “organized attack” against Milei by socialist Kirchnerist individuals.
Milei led a caravan in Lomas de Zamora atop a pickup truck alongside his sister Karina Milei, Congressman José Luis Espert, and other members of the ruling Liberty Advances party ahead of the upcoming September 7 Buenos Aires legislative elections and the October 26 national midterm legislative elections. Lomas de Zamora is a city located in Buenos Aires province, currently under a leftist government led by Mayor Federico Otermín.
During the rally, a group of le