The night vigil in front of the houses located at Raulet 62/64/66, Parque Patricios (CABA), was called for Monday, October 27, at 11:00 PM. Later in the day, a state worker confirmed to this medium (whose name we do not mention to protect him from possible reprisals) that this was ordered on the spot the previous day by the Government of the City of Buenos Aires, due to the vigil call circulating on social media. Thus, they fenced off the houses and cut off the street, leaving two members of one of the households outside, who had to insist until midnight to be allowed to enter their homes. The families spent the night behind fences and surrounded by uniformed officers. Minutes before 10:00 PM, they repressed and detained a young man who approached to show solidarity with the vigil. It was necessary to wait for the court officer, who would arrive around 8:00 AM to execute the eviction ordered by the judge, ruling in favor of the plaintiff. This is the phrase used by the court officer, Marcelo Alocati, who arrived around 8:00 AM on the cold morning of Tuesday, October 28, to carry out the eviction of the families living in the three homes on Raulet Street at 62, 64, and 66, respectively, in Parque Patricios. Confirming once again the political persecution against the Cuellar family, promoters of the Ni Una Menos En Las Cárceles También campaign. They kept him lying on the floor, behind the fences, in the cold, with a bleeding head (from the blows the police gave him during the repression), until 11:40 PM, when his detention was finally validated, according to the lawyers from CORREPI, who took on his defense. Judge Ramiro Güiraldes of Civil Court No. 35 decided that eviction No. 469 in Parque Patricios would take place on Tuesday, October 28, at 8:00 AM. However, while many of us were just getting ready to go out, we learned that the City Police, around 8:00 PM, had already deployed a disproportionate operation with fences, patrol cars, detention vans, and officers prepared with helmets, batons, tear gas, and shields. Now, the current government official appears as the owner of the house, even though the Cuellar family tried to legalize their situation, but the process was repeatedly denied. We invite you to listen to Alfredo's direct testimony, recorded by Radio Semilla. In this house, Alfredo lived with four of his children, one of them pregnant, and three grandchildren. Alfredo is the father of Florencia “China” Cuellar. She was the only one charged in a street fight when she was 19 years old and was sentenced to 6 years in prison. As one of the young men we were able to talk to during the night said, “once, it was our turn to support them, as they are always there for everyone.” Alfredo Cuellar in his house, moments before the eviction. While trying to get the State to grant a housing subsidy or some measure to not leave any of the families on the street, the court officer confirmed that he was not the one who ordered such a police operation. On January 23, 2012, it was other inmates who called his father to tell him something was happening. We have already lived through this story of gentrification and real estate with Santa Cruz 140, which the city government proudly promoted as the largest eviction in the City of Buenos Aires, stopped only by the resistance of the more than 100 families who lived there and the support of countless organizations and individuals who waited outside. “Thank you for being here.” It was the pressure from those present that allowed the workers from the Emergency Medical System (SAME) to override the police, and after a medical check in the ambulance, they considered it necessary to transfer him. He has been carrying this fight on his shoulders for many years and continues to resist; he is the promoter of Ni Una Menos En Las Cárceles También. The court officer arrived accompanied by the plaintiff's lawyer, Walter Krieger, legal representative of Boca Juniors Club. The Penitentiary Service claimed it was a suicide despite the clear signs of beating on the young woman's body. Due to the murder of his daughter, Alfredo became a militant, activist, and reference in the struggle for the human rights of people deprived of their liberty, against torture centers, police trigger-happy, fabricated causes, and deaths in prison. Finally, they found her dead in her cell. The lady passed away many years ago and has no heirs. Sadly, the eviction was carried out. Those who participated in the vigil repeatedly called for an ambulance. “Evict in the best possible way,” he said, while confronting those who gathered outside the houses (and behind the fence), asking what their counter-proposal to the eviction was: “Not to leave them on the street,” or “for them to continue living in their houses,” were the answers he received. That is, they set up the operation without having resolved an alternative housing solution for the people living in the houses, violating the right to decent housing to protect private property (property they could not prove belonged to the plaintiff). The operation was ordered by the City Government due to the vigil call. The case, filed under “Basset, Úrsula Cristina AGAINST / Alfredo Cuellar and others / EVICTION, ‘SQUATTERS’” under Case No. 53.952/2022, designates Úrsula Basset, an official from Milei's government, as the owner of the property where the Cuellar family has lived for over 44 years. Alfredo knew the owner of the house, whom he rented. Through social networks, they asked for a transitional home for the house dog, who quickly found refuge. He thanked all the friends and colleagues who came to spend the night at the vigil. The morning started with a collective breakfast on the street, next to the fence. What they managed to arrange was for the grandchildren who are schooled in the area to be able to finish the year living near their schools. “The subsidy has to be fought for.” They took him to the Ramos Mejía Hospital to perform a CT scan and warm him up before being transferred to the corresponding facility. He was released on Tuesday afternoon without cause. “The power is ours, the misery is theirs.” This is the phrase used by photographer @ludmila.enfoco to describe the day, author of the image. This is how the night passed: with blankets that Alfredo Cuellar took from his house to warm those who were supporting him outside, with mate and a lot of patience. In two of the three evicted homes, there were children. It was the fourth one to arrive who obtained the “permission” to enter behind the fence to see the young man who was still lying on the floor. It was the officer in charge of the operation, who refused to identify himself to the press, who was giving the diagnosis to the ambulance crew, assuring that the detainee did not need to be transferred to any health center, despite his state of confusion from the blows. By that time of the night, an ambulance arrived to check one of the residents of the houses to be evicted, who suffers from high blood pressure and said he was “feeling particularly bad” that night. The officers did not allow the Emergency Medical Attention System (SAME) to check the detainee. The court officer arrived around 8:00 AM accompanied by Walter Krieger, the plaintiff's lawyer and legal representative of Boca Juniors Club. Collective breakfast during the vigil. “We are okay, but we are not all together.” These are the words of Alfredo Cuellar. “And I don't want to fight for the misery they give, because I can work in peace,” he explained. In the end, they were not given a housing subsidy. In this case, you can see the GL-108 Cóndor tear gas, of Brazilian manufacture. The operation was attended by officers armed with tear gas.
