A former footballer and veteran went to Malvinas and was arrested for brandishing a flag and sang the anthem.

Luis Escobedo went to pay tribute to his dead comrades, but he experienced a tense situation in the islands.

The wounds do not close. Jealousy and hate remain dormant 37 years later. Any excuse is good to feel provoked. It seems that in the Malvinas the conflict is not over yet. And if not, ask Luis Escobedo, veteran and former footballer, arrested last week on the islands for having raised a flag.

"We did not want to make it public before, for fear of not leaving the islands," Escobedo told Toda Pasión. "The British are a little healthier and they let us out, but if it had been for the kelpers, we would not come back," he added.

As published by Santiago Martella in TN, "What was a trip to pay homage to his companions killed in 1982 ended up being a nightmare for Escobedo and a group of seven other veterans, paid by the municipality of Lomas de Zamora.

What's happened? This is what Luis tells Toda Pasión: "We were only able to reach the islands on Monday, because on Saturday and Sunday a storm forced us to stay in Punta Arenas, Chile, and on Tuesday we went to the Darwin cemetery. 60 kilometers from Puerto Argentino, it's a very strong moment because you find yours, "he explains, who was in the Andes Reserve when in 1982 he had to fly to the islands to fight the British forces.

"Feelings come out Llorás, you remember, you're so sad, then we take out the flags for a photo, the club jersey that you're fans in. We sang the anthem all together, we have made a minute of silence and we shouted "Long live the motherland!" At the same time, in the cemetery, there was an Austrian journalist, who took pictures of us. He had gone with a kelper driver. He is the one who lodged a complaint, "he revealed.

The situation worsened on Thursday: "We were beaten early by the door of the room.It was an angry policeman who asked us to go down to the hotel lobby with his pbadport. With a translator, they explained to us that we were in detention for having lodged a complaint for insults, grievances and I do not know what else, and in the meantime they checked our room, took out our flags, our t-shirts, our cell phones and our cameras and they have kept our pbadports, "said Luis who, after his return from the war, defended the colors of Los Andes, Temperley, South Dock, Vélez, Belgrano and Colon.

"Since the police station did not have cells, we were detained at the hotel, although we were able to leave, but they followed us, they led us to declare and they took the typical profile picture and in profile, as well as fingerprints, "remembers Escobedo with some sadness.

Reporter: Did they have a lawyer?

-Escobedo: We did not want to ask for a lawyer because for us, we did not do anything wrong. We explained that the flags are only taken in the cemetery, because it is an Argentine territory (as one of them says) since our comrades are buried there, but we have nowhere been provocateurs. We went to pay tribute and cry, nothing more.

– Reporter: How did it end?

-Escobedo: They understood that they were wrong and the next day they went to the hotel. They told us that they had decided to pay us because they had not found any evidence. I got a little upset and told them that they treated us like criminals and that they did not want to return the flag that says "Argentine territory".

"I was at the Malvinas in 2012 and 2016 and I did the same thing as last week, but it's the first time that this has happened." Without disrespecting anyone, but a no one understood it and was in a very tense situation for nothing, "says Escobedo, confidently recalling that" when I come back, I'll do what I always did ".

(Source: TN)