The National Government withdrew the reward offered to find the ARA San Juan :: El Litoral – News – Santa Fe – Argentina

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The Argentine government today revoked an offer of reward made public in February pbaded for those who found the ARA "San Juan" submarine, missing on November 15 with 44 crew members in the waters of the South Atlantic.

"Revoke for reasons of expediency, merit and convenience the resolution" which set a reward of 98 million pesos ($ 3.5 million), said the Argentine Ministry of Defense in the Official Journal the body for the dissemination of state decisions.

According to the Ministry of Defense, the decision to withdraw the offer is due to the fact that during the time elapsed since the entry into force of the resolution, "the desired success" has not occurred. not been achieved. 19659004] The award, made public on 14 February, was intended for those providing useful information and information that would accurately locate and locate the ARA "San Juan" submarine.

The withdrawal of the offer was announced a week after the Department of Defense canceled the process of hiring a company to find the submarine .

The president's government, Mauricio Macri, preselected the Spanish company Igeotest Geosciences and Explorations SL to search for the submarine that disappeared almost eight months ago.

However, weeks later, he canceled the hiring on the suggestion of the National Bureau of Public Procurement, which found "errors" in the bidding process.

This measure caused discomfort among the families of members of the crew of the ARA "San Juan", some of whom demonstrated on June 27 in front of the government headquarters in Buenos Aires, in the Plaza from Mayo's historic Buenos Aires, require that the choice of the company that will fetch the ship be expedited.

The ARA submarine "San Juan" released his last communication with the base on November 15, 2017 when he sailed in the South Atlantic. From that date, we do not know where he is.

The captain of the ship reported a start of fire caused by the entry of seawater into the area of ​​the batteries that were feeding the submarine.

A few hours after the communication, a noise similar to that of an explosion was detected on the route that the submersible was performing as part of its mission.