Watch | Argentina’s Javier Milei pelted with rocks, plants and bottles at election rally

Argentina’s President Javier Milei’s election campaign in the capital city of Buenos Aires met with fierce protestors who pelted stones at him during the rally as they demonstrated against a corruption scandal.

Milei, who was whisked from the scene by his security detail, sustained no injuries after his motorcade was attacked, presidential spokesman Manuel Adorni wrote on X.

AFP journalists saw Milei riding in the back of a pickup truck, greeting his supporters as he campaigned for the upcoming elections, when the protestors started hurling rocks, plants and bottles at him.

The vehicle carrying the president and his sister, Karina Milei, along with other officials, hastily left the scene. Afterwards, scuffles broke out between supporters and opponents of the libertarian leader.

The skirmishes arose amid a scandal in Argentina over alleged corruption at the public disability agency involving Karina Milei, her brother’s right-hand woman and presidential secretary.

Minutes beforehand, the president had addressed the scandal that erupted following the leak of audio recordings by the the former head of the disability agency, Diego Spagnuolo.

In the recordings, Spagnuolo claimed that Karina Milei pocketed funds destined for people with disabilities.

“Everything (the agency head) says is a lie,” President Milei said.

With inputs from AFP