# Buenos Aires Legislature Renames Street Segment for Murdered Journalist José Luis Cabezas

Buenos Aires lawmakers approved renaming a street segment in Barracas to honor murdered photographer José Luis Cabezas.

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The Buenos Aires City Legislature approved on Thursday a bill to rename a segment of California Street in the Barracas neighborhood to José Luis Cabezas. [^1]

The initiative honors José Luis Cabezas, a graphic reporter for the magazine Noticias who was assassinated on January 25, 1997, in Pinamar. [^2]

The project to rename the street was presented by Rodrigo Lloret, director of the editorial Perfil, and by PRO legislator Matías López. [^3]

The renamed street segment will be located between altitudes 2100 and 3400, where the printing plant of the magazine Noticias was situated. [^4]

Rodrigo Lloret, current director of PERFIL and former rector of the Universidad del Sur de Buenos Aires (USBA), presented the project. [^5]

The bill was approved with 47 affirmative votes, zero negative votes, and 14 abstentions corresponding to the La Libertad Avanza bloc. [^6]

## What this stands on

1. The Buenos Aires City Legislature approved on Thursday a bill to rename a segment of California Street in the Barracas neighborhood to José Luis Cabezas. (Clarín, News)
2. The initiative honors José Luis Cabezas, a graphic reporter for the magazine Noticias who was assassinated on January 25, 1997, in Pinamar. (Perfil, News)
3. The project to rename the street was presented by Rodrigo Lloret, director of the editorial Perfil, and by PRO legislator Matías López. (Clarín, News)
4. The renamed street segment will be located between altitudes 2100 and 3400, where the printing plant of the magazine Noticias was situated. (Clarín, News)
5. Rodrigo Lloret, current director of PERFIL and former rector of the Universidad del Sur de Buenos Aires (USBA), presented the project. (Perfil, News)
6. The bill was approved with 47 affirmative votes, zero negative votes, and 14 abstentions corresponding to the La Libertad Avanza bloc. (Perfil, News)

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