Murder of Mariano Ferreyra


On 20 October 2010, Argentine student and left-wing activist Mariano Ferreyra was shot dead in Buenos Aires by members of a railway workers union.

Incident

Mariano Ferreyra was an Argentine student who was active in the Workers' Party. He was shot dead during a dispute involving railway workers in Buenos Aires. He was shot by supporters of the Peronist Unión Ferroviaria, affiliated to the CGT, in a clash with socialist workers. Two other people were injured in the shooting. One, Elsa Rodríguez, a mother of three, was seriously injured and was still fighting for her life in hospital a week later. At the time it was alleged that the police stood by. Ferreyra's death led to widespread protests in Argentina.
It was proved that José Pedraza had ordered his people to shoot and create incidents. Former President Nestor Kirchner took a personal interest in the case until he died a week later.
In April 2013 Pedraza was condemned to 15 years in prison.
Pedraza, due to his age, was put under home arrest in 2016. He died at his home in December 2018.