Rolling StonesBuenos Aires Riot
A source-led report on the 23 February 2006 disorder outside the Rolling Stones concert at River Plate / Monumental, covering attempted ticketless entry, police clashes, reported injuries and conflicting detention figures.
Incident Overview
What happened
Date: 23 February 2006.
Location: Estadio River Plate / “Monumental”, Buenos Aires, Argentina. More specific source wording places incidents in the stadium surroundings, including Avenida del Libertador e Iberá and Avenida del Libertador y Udaondo, near the River Plate stadium. (LA NACION) (LA NACION)
Before the second Rolling Stones concert in Buenos Aires, people without tickets attempted to get through police/security barriers near the stadium. Sources report clashes with police, stones/bottles thrown, and police use of water cannon, tear gas, rubber bullets, clubs or riot-control personnel depending on the report. (LA NACION) (Irish Examiner)
Casualty Position
What can be verified
Reported injuries: Conflicting. Opened sources report at least 3, 17, at least 20, 22, and one La Nación headline says 40, while the same article body says 22. (Emol) (Emol) (Irish Examiner) (El Mostrador) (LA NACION)
Reported fatalities: No fatalities were stated in the opened matching reports. A separate official fatality/non-fatality bulletin was not verified.
See disputed details →Key Figures
Headline facts
Chronology
Incident timeline
Operational Details
Main points
Disputed Details
Where sources differ
The main conflicts concern the number injured, internal inconsistency in one report and the number detained.
The available reports give different figures or descriptions. This report records the conflict rather than pretending the archive is tidier than it is.
Emol / AFP early report gives at least 3 injured.
Emol / AFP follow-up gives 17 injured.
Irish Examiner and IOL / AP give at least 20 injured.
El Mostrador / EFE and Ámbito give 22 injured.
The lower figures appear in earlier/immediate reporting; later reports tend to give higher figures. (Emol) (Emol) (Irish Examiner) (El Mostrador)
The available reports give different figures or descriptions. This report records the conflict rather than pretending the archive is tidier than it is.
Article headline states 40 injured and 125 detained.
Article body states at least 22 injured and 115 detained.
The same article contains both figures; the body gives more detailed breakdown, including 15 treated at the scene and two transferred to medical centres. (LA NACION)
The available reports give different figures or descriptions. This report records the conflict rather than pretending the archive is tidier than it is.
Emol / AFP early report gives at least 12 detained.
Ámbito gives 87 detained.
Emol / AFP follow-up and La Nación body give 115 detained.
LA NACION “Heridos y detenidos” and El Mostrador / EFE give 125 detained.
Likely reflects reporting at different times, but final official detention total was not independently verified. (Emol) (Ambito) (Emol) (LA NACION)
Not Verified
Limits of the record
These points should not be treated as confirmed unless stronger primary records are found.
Source Material
References
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