Argentine lawyer proposes sterilizing Buenos Aires residents or dropping napalm
Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
At a glance
- An Argentine lawyer and influencer proposed extreme measures against residents of Buenos Aires province, including sterilization and napalm attacks.
- The lawyer, who is linked to presidential advisor Santiago Caputo, suggested building a wall around the province and implementing ethnic cleansing.
- These remarks were made on an officialist streaming program and met with laughter and further discriminatory comments from other participants.
An Argentine lawyer and influencer, Alejandro Sarubbi Benรญtez, sparked outrage with discriminatory proposals against residents of Buenos Aires province during a government-aligned streaming program. Benรญtez, who identifies with presidential advisor Santiago Caputo and the digital support group "Las Fuerzas del Cielo," suggested extreme measures such as sterilization, building a 15-meter wall with snipers to divide the province from the capital, and dropping napalm on civilians.
The first would be sterilization. That one is very good. It's the most peaceful of the three.
During the program "Carajo," Benรญtez stated that Buenos Aires province, particularly its suburban areas, is beyond saving due to cultural issues and marginalization predating the current government. His proposals were met with approval and laughter from fellow panelists, including Francisco Pirovano, Sofi Drehe, Kalina, and Adriel Segura. One panelist, Kalina, even interjected with "It depends on the method though," to which Benรญtez responded, "Those are the purges I like."
Those are the purges I like.
Benรญtez, known online as "GordoLeyes" with approximately 77,000 followers, is a lawyer for government propagandist Daniel Parisini. His "proposals" escalated from sterilization to constructing a wall and snipers, or if budget constraints were an issue, expelling the province from the national territory. The segment, which aired on "La Trinchera," highlighted a disturbing trend of discriminatory rhetoric within certain pro-government circles.
I would fence off the entire Buenos Aires suburbs. I would build a 15-meter high wall with snipers on top so no one could cross.
Originally published by La Naciรณn in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.