Editorial Profile awarded him the award The 2025 Profile Prize for national press freedom goes to the photojournalist Pablo Grillo in recognition of his professional work and the institutional impact of the attack he suffered during his educational work.
In a ceremony in the Editorial Profile building The award was accepted by his father Fabiánwho expressed his feelings: “On such occasions I usually say the same thing: I shouldn’t be here. I shouldn’t be here. Pablo would be there, he should be there with his colleagues and make those noises when photos are taken. And that is a product of unreason, as my ancestors rightly said.”
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Authoritarians don’t like that
The practice of professional and critical journalism is a mainstay of democracy. That is why it bothers those who believe that they are the owners of the truth.
And he added: “And it’s not just that: it’s a constant aggression against the people. Pablo is one element, but that started with the fact that for a few years now he has been physically, verbally and symbolically attacking all working people. And it continues. Because.” In response to the attack on Pablo, authorities lied about the incident. The facts are clear, the accusations against Guerrero are very clear and show the lies that the authorities spread at the time.
“And this is a constant attack, not only on Pablo, not only on the family, but on the entire society, because with lies they attack the entire society. And they continue,” Grillo concluded. They are now continuing to attack and trying to use labor reform to attack the workersbecause it is a direct attack on the workers. Fortunately – I say this as a recently retired employee – I stand in solidarity with my fellow journalists, especially because they also want to annul the Press Workers’ Statute as part of this attack.”
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Pablo Grillo, Perfil 2025 Award winner, was injured while covering a march in March
Grillo was seriously injured on March 12, 2025, when a tear gas grenade was fired by the brigade’s Lance Corporal Argentine National Gendarmerie Héctor Jesús Guerrero He hit his head minutes into a security operation during the suppression of a pensioners’ march near the airport National Congress.
The photographer was hospitalized and remained in critical condition for months and had to undergo several operations due to the very serious injuries he sustained while carrying out his journalistic work.
eight months later of the attack on November 27th Grillo left the intensive care unit After his eighth surgery, he was transferred to the Manuel Rocca Rehabilitation Hospital to continue his treatment. According to his father Fabián Grillo, “according to the doctors, his development is amazing” and his general condition “is much better.”
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The trial continued in Octoberif the federal judge Maria Servini pursued the gendarme Hector Guerrero and grabbed it 203 million pesos. In her decision, the judge found it proven that the shot was fired horizontally and unlawfully, rejected the defendant’s defense arguments and claimed that he had acted “with the knowledge that his actions could endanger the physical integrity or even the life” of the people in front of him.
The investigation also revealed that Guerrero fired five additional shots under similar conditions and that he was properly trained in the use of this weapon.
The incident came amid a day in which 46 protesters were injured and 124 people were arrested. In the following days, the former security minister and current senator, Patricia Bullrichdefended the actions of the gendarmerie and publicly asserted that the shot was fired towards the sky at “an angle of 45 degrees”. However, the judicial inquiry found that this was the case The grenade was fired horizontally and in violation of applicable regulations.
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Since then, human rights organizations, journalists’ associations and professional associations have called for an investigation into the incident and warned of the dangers that press employees are exposed to in the context of social protests. In public statements, Fabián Grillo emphasized that “it is very difficult to talk about democracy in an uninformed country where the justice system works poorly or not at all.”
The recognition granted by PERFIL focuses on freedom of the press as an indispensable prerequisite for democratic life and in the right of journalists to carry out their work without violence or reprisals. The story of 36-year-old Pablo Grillo, who was brutally attacked while documenting a demonstration, is now part of this national debate about the use of state force, accountability and the protection of journalistic practice.
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