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Man sentenced to six years for bombing La Cámpora local in Argentina

Man sentenced to six years for bombing La Cámpora local in Argentina

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • A 50-year-old man was sentenced to six years in prison for detonating an explosive device at a La Cámpora local in Bahía Blanca, Argentina.
  • The man, Pablo Antonio Ceferino Dahua, was found responsible for explosion with common danger, endangering persons, and manufacturing/possessing explosives.
  • He also accepted responsibility for leading an illicit association aimed at combating ideologies through force and committing discriminatory acts.

A 50-year-old man has been sentenced to six years in prison for detonating an explosive device outside a La Cámpora local in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. Pablo Antonio Ceferino Dahua was convicted of explosion with common danger, endangering persons, and manufacturing or possessing explosive materials. The incident occurred in the early morning of May 25, 2021, when Dahua used a homemade explosive device against the building's facade, causing significant damage to the iron shutter and shattering windows of nearby businesses.

In a plea bargain, Dahua also admitted to leading an illicit association for over three years, dedicated to combating ideologies through force or fear, and committing various discriminatory acts. Another member of the group, Francisco Rosales, received a three-year suspended prison sentence. The ruling was delivered by the Federal Oral Court of Bahía Blanca.

Police responding to the scene found pamphlets on the sidewalk containing inflammatory messages against politicians, union leaders, journalists, and abortion, accusing them of corrupting values and betraying the country. The pamphlets declared, "Traitors know where you live. Fed up!!! Of all of you."

Investigators determined that Dahua acted with another unidentified individual as part of a "radicalized and intransigent collective in its political ideology with violent actions." During searches of Dahua's and his father's homes in September 2024, authorities discovered materials for manufacturing homemade explosives, including chemicals like potassium nitrate, sulfur, and charcoal, along with batteries and detonators.

Politicians cynical and corrupt. Union leaders millionaires and thieves. Journalists accomplices and militants. They kill children with abortion. Hypersexualization of our children – ESI and pornography. They subvert natural values. They wipe their asses with the Constitution. They betray our homeland. And how many more reasons to start 'the purge' now. Beware traitors, we know where you live. Fed up!!! Of all of you.

— Pamphlet found at the sceneThe text of a pamphlet left at the site of the explosion, outlining the perpetrators' grievances.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.