Facundo Gómez, one of the five people who remained imprisoned for protesting President Javier Milei’s Ley Bases in front of Congress on June 12, was released on Thursday. The charges against him, however, have not been dropped: he has been indicted for alleged public intimidation and attacking police authorities.

“It’s a bittersweet moment because he is still indicted. This is not over; there’s still a long way to go,” his sister Micaela Gómez told the Herald.

Gómez was arrested along with 32 other people amid the police crackdown against protestors. They were taken to federal prisons and accused of crimes, including attacks on Argentina’s constitutional order. The government initially said they were “terrorists” who attempted to carry out a coup. There have been ample calls for their release, among questions about the proportionality of charges and the criminalization of protest in Argentina.

Facundo Gómez was sitting in the square in front of Congress talking on the phone with his mother as senators discussed the Ley Bases. It was 7 p.m. and most protesters had already left when federal police officers arrested him with the........

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