Rolling Stones Gatecrashing Riot
Ticketless fans attempted to force their way through security before the second Rolling Stones concert in Buenos Aires. Multiple reports state that police responded with water cannon, tear gas and/or rubber bullets, while fans threw stones and bottles. Arrests, injuries, and property damage were reported.
Incident Overview
What happened?
Ticketless fans attempted to force their way through security before the second Rolling Stones concert in Buenos Aires. Multiple reports state that police responded with water cannon, tear gas and/or rubber bullets, while fans threw stones and bottles. Arrests, injuries, and property damage were reported.
Date: 23 February 2006. Sources consistently place the major riot/gatecrashing incident at the second Rolling Stones Buenos Aires show on 23 February 2006, while some also note smaller incidents at the 21 February show.
Location: Estadio River Plate / Estadio Monumental, Buenos Aires, Argentina. More specific source wording includes “the stadium of River Plate,” “Monumental soccer stadium,” “estadio de River Plate,” and surrounding access points including Avenida del Libertador e Iberá and Libertador y Udaondo. One source also places the stadium in the barrio de Núñez, north of the city.
Incident Naming
Source wording
User wording: Rolling Stones Gatecrashing Riot. Source wording commonly describes it as clashes, incidents, riots, or disturbances before/during the second Rolling Stones concert in Buenos Aires / River Plate / Monumental.
Reported injuries: Conflicting reports. Sources report at least 2 injured, at least 3 injured, at least 20 injured, and 22 injured. One local source headline shows 40 heridos, but its body text says 22 heridos.
Reported fatalities: No fatalities found in the sources reviewed.
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Operational Themes
What the record points to
Disputed Details
Conflicting Information
The source record is strongest on the broad event type and location. It is weaker on final casualty and detention totals.
Source reporting does not fully align on this point.
CBS/AP says at least 2 injured for clashes outside the Buenos Aires/Monumental concert.
Emol/AFP says at least 3 injured before the second recital.
These lower figures appear in earlier/immediate reporting.
Source reporting does not fully align on this point.
Irish Examiner and IOL/AP say at least 20 injured.
El Mostrador/EFE and Ámbito report 22 injured.
Later or more developed reports trend higher than early first reports.
Source reporting does not fully align on this point.
LA NACION body text says 22 heridos and 115 detenidos.
The same LA NACION page header line states 40 heridos y 125 detenidos.
Internal inconsistency within the same article; body text is more specific and may reflect the intended figure.
Source reporting does not fully align on this point.
Emol/AFP reports 12 detained in an early police account.
Ámbito reports 87 detained.
LA NACION and El Mostrador/EFE report 125 detained.
Likely reflects evolving totals at different reporting times.
Source reporting does not fully align on this point.
LA NACION places the start at Avenida del Libertador e Iberá.
Ámbito places the start at Libertador y Udaondo.
Both are near River Plate/Monumental and may refer to different moments or nearby checkpoints in the same security perimeter.
Not Verified
Details not settled by the reviewed sources
These points should not be stated as firm facts without further official confirmation.
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