In 2002, Darío Santillán and Maximiliano Kosteki were assassinated in the entrance to the Avellaneda station following brutal repression by the Buenos Aires province police to a mobilization demanding salary increases, subsidies for unemployed and food for community kitchens.

Dario Santillán and Maximiliano Kosteki were killed by the police near the Pueyrredón Bridge by armed police, who were evicting the protesters