This Thursday, a rat became the unexpected protagonist of an inspection hearing by the head of the Government of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, the center-right Jorge Macrito a market in the Retiro neighborhood where the police were carrying out a raid against illegal sales.

While Macri made statements to the press in the middle of a security operation against said illegal fair, located next to one of the most impoverished neighborhoods in the capital, A rat ran between the feet of those present, generating a moment of disruption.

Some journalists ran away amidst screams, while others kick the rodentwhich was thrown several meters away and he ended up devoured by two dogs that jumped on him.

The mayor, cousin of the former president of Argentina Mauricio Macri (2015-2019), resumed the conversation with the journalists with the phrase: “Let’s tidy up what the rat messed up.”

The illegal market in one of the busiest places in Buenos Aires

“We have managed to carry out this entire operation without violence, without anyone being hurt, except for the poor episode of the journalists who were scared by this rat that appeared in the middle. But that, in itself, is a metaphor for the things that these places also generate, which is a degradation, an acceptance of living with things that are bad,” he explained.

In the vicinity of Retiro bus station, one of the busiest places in the Argentine capitalthere was, according to the authorities, a fair selling illegal items of unknown origin.

That market, in which they had identified numerous stolen itemswas located at the entrance of the Padre Carlos Mugica Neighborhoodbetter known as Barrio 31, the most widespread villa miseria (substandard housing neighborhood) in the capital.