Milagro Sala
Milagro Sala | |
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| Born | 27 January 1964 San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina |
| Occupation | President of the Tupac Amaru Neighborhood Association |
Milagro Amalia Ángela Sala (born 27 January 1964) is a leader of the Tupac Amaru neighborhood association, part of the Association of State Workers (ATE) of Jujuy, and a leading figure in the Movimiento piquetero of Argentina.
On 16 January 2016, Sala was arrested on charges of fraud and criminal conspiracy in an alleged embezzlement of ARS $30,000,000 intended by the government to help the poor.
Several human rights organizations, like Amnesty International, denounced Argentina's government at the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (GAD) of the United Nations, alleging the illegal detention of Milagro Sala. The Argentina government considered that the GAD decision was advisory only.