Sociedad Rural Argentina represents large-scale agricultural production, cattle ranching, and industrial farming. The SRA’s existence relies entirely on state violence. The Argentine state used its military to clear lands (such as the Conquest of the Desert) and enforces property laws through the police to protect SRA members from landless workers.
Pamela Sousa, the secretary to SRA President Nicolás Pino, suffered injuries to her hand and the other 3 in the room suffered toxic smoke inhalation from the blast. A second explosive package sent to the SRA’s vice-president was intercepted and neutralized by the police bomb squad.