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They denounced a CGT leader for pressure from the service station union on the day of the strike: “They said that if we didn't close they were going to break everything for us” - Infobae
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Denunciaron a un líder de la CGT por aprietes del sindicato de estaciones de servicio el día del paro: “Dijeron que si no cerrábamos nos iban a romper todo”
Una persona llamó a la línea 134 y mencionó a Carlos Acuña, integrante de la conducción de la central obrera, como referente del sector gremial que instigó las amenazas
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May 16, 2024
A person called line 134 and mentioned Carlos Acuña, a member of the leadership of the workers' union, as a representative of the union sector that instigated the threats.
A person who contacted number 134 - the line that the national government established to report extortion due to the May 1 strike - pointed to Carlos Acuña , one of the members of the triumvirate that leads the General Confederation of Labor (CGT) and who heads the Union of Service Station Workers (SOESGyPE).
In the call to the Ministry of Security number, an individual expressed last Thursday, the day the CGT general strike took place, that they forced the owner of a service station located in La Paternal not to open. “ If we didn't close we were going to have problems with the safety of the employees and the business, the service station. (They said) That they were going to break everything for us ,” said this person when making the accusation by telephone.
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The complainant noted that they received “visits on a motorcycle.” And regarding the nature of the threats, he added that the manager of the Shell station was warned that “ they were going to stop by every 30 minutes to check that the service station was closed or, otherwise, they were going to have problems with people's safety.” and business.”
The person who called 134 identified Acuña as the person in charge of the service station union, when asked by the operator who received the call. The presidential spokesperson, Manuel Adorni, had stated on Thursday during his daily press conference that 3,685 complaints of extortion had been received on the line set up for this purpose.
La Policía de la Ciudad apresó a 12 personas por amenazar y extorsionar a trabajadores de empresas de transporte
La Policía de la Ciudad apresó a 12 personas por amenazar y extorsionar a trabajadores de empresas de transporteS
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The City Police arrested 12 people for threatening and extorting transport company workers
Acuña has led that union for 19 years. Along with Héctor Daer and Pablo Moyano , he is one of the three members of the CGT leadership. He came to unionism at the hands of the gastronomic Luis Barrionuevo . He later became a provincial deputy in the Buenos Aires Legislature, for the third electoral section. His wife, Blanca Cantero, is currently the mayor of the municipality of Presidente Perón, south of Greater Buenos Aires.
The same morning of the strike, another threat occurred against a merchandise warehouse that was open and working , located in Villa Soldati on 3500 Carlos Berg Street, south of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires. It was carried out by a group of members of the Truckers union. “Close the blinds, you know what this is like,” they told the workers so that they would join (forced) to the Cegetist measure of force.
The City Police, alerted to the situation, arrested 12 people for this incident. They had entered “for intimidation purposes and with the aim of stopping work ,” as police sources confirmed to Infobae on that occasion. Therefore, based on the description of the men and their vehicles, the defendants were detained at 3200 Troxler Street.
The Criminal and Correctional Court Number 12 ordered the arrest of the 12 people , in addition to the seizure of the vehicles, and a report was drawn up for extortion actions . Likewise, a wooden stick, a knife and an extendable metal rod were found in one of the eight vehicles .
When carrying out the usual identification procedure, one particular piece of information caught our attention: all of them would be members of the Teamsters Union .
Previously, police officers from Neighborhood Police Station 4B had gone to 3800 Erezcano Street, in the Pompeya neighborhood, where the Expreso Rodríguez Hermanos company is located due to the presence of several individuals who had entered the place, intimidating the employees so that they would stop. your activity.
When the troops arrived at the scene, the individuals had already left . One of the victims declared that it was a group of at least 10 people who belonged to the Truckers Union. This is how they managed to identify them for their subsequent arrest.
