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Article: Violent Protests Mar Reburial of Peron
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- AP Online
- Article date:
- October 17, 2006
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SAN VICENTE, Argentina - Rival groups battled each other at the entrance to a new mausoleum for Juan Domingo Peron on Tuesday as a motorized caravan bearing the Argentine strongman's remains approached, marring plans for a lavish reburial ceremony.
As Peron's cortege traveled from downtown Buenos Aires to the new mausoleum at his former weekend estate, thousands of weeping admirers tossed carnations and confetti. The crowd, which had been walking alongside the caravan, scattered and at least two men were seen bleeding after the burst of violence. Scores of riot police swarmed the estate, repulsing groups of attackers with bursts of rubber bullets and tear gas.
The independent television ...