Armed men responding to the historic Peronist mayor Mario Ishii and Followers of liberalism They faced each other on Friday during the inauguration of the new council members Jose C. Paz.
Liberal leader Maria Amorusowho was sworn in as chancellor, reported on his networks that Peronist militants attacked the liberals inside the building where the oath was taken and on the outskirts of the building, and that one of them suffered a broken jaw.
The clashes occurred shortly after Amoroso was sworn in, angering the militants by raising their weapons. Followers of the party founded by Javier Miley chanted amid the protests: “Long live freedom, damn it.” Insults from the militants who respond to Ishi.
The tension escalated, and in a few minutes it turned from mutual insults and chants to some pushing and beatings, as was shown in the video clips that spread minutes later on social networks.
“Cauca Mayor Mario Ishii did not secure the area allowing Libertad Avanza gunmen and councilor @miaamoroso29 to be brutally attacked, even if he was only slightly present,” wrote one self-proclaimed liberal. Amoruso herself has echoed that message, also sharing videos of the moment.
One of the video clips shows the moment Amoroso is sworn in amid insults from Peronist extremism. In another clip, which was filmed amidst pushing and beatings by one of the liberals’ followers, he captured the moment in which the beatings and even chairs were taken.
In José C. Paz, during my inauguration, they beat Lebanese Liberation Army fighters. They broke one’s jaw, another was sandwiched between men and beaten with clubs, 50-year-old men beat up one of our 16-year-old fighters in a riot, another was soaked in blood because…
– Maria Amoroso (@miaamoroso29) December 5, 2025
Once they were out of the building, the arguments and insults continued. Amoruso was trying to avoid confrontations and crossing paths with one of Ishii’s henchmen. Minutes later, he went to the prosecution to report the killing of one of his gunmen They broke his jaw and attacked others as well.
“In José C. Paz, I think, they beat up our Liberation Army fighters. One had his jaw broken, another was sandwiched between the men and beaten with sticks, and 50-year-old men in gangs beat up one of our 16-year-old fighters, and another was soaked in blood because they were captured 8 to 1,” Amoruso denounced in his X profile.
He added: “I will leave the prosecutor’s office to go to the clinic to see my activists. If you think I will retreat, it is because you do not know me. Freedom is advancing whether you like it or not.”