Several events of violence between supporters and opposition, including the detention of a man for sporting an adjustable spanner as a potential weapon[17] and clashes with the Buenos Aires City Police, had already occurred by the day of the attempt. On 30 August 2022, in apparent response to the throngs of people that had gathered outside her residence, a judge solicited federal protection of Fernández de Kirchner, including that of the Federal Police or the National Gendarmerie, rather than the local Buenos Aires City Police protection that she had been afforded up to that point.[18] Despite the order, it was disobeyed by Mayor of Buenos Aires Horacio Rodríguez Larreta, who had recently criticised the actions taken by the Peronist government and called for Fernández to "assume responsibility" so that opposition protesters could return home.[19]