Iranians arrested with false Israeli passports told Py Comodoro

The two Iranian citizens arrested for entering the country with fake Israeli pbadports were transferred this morning, in the midst of an extensive security operation, from the federal police offices located in Cavia and Figueroa Alcorta to the courts. of Comodoro Py, where they will be. Investigation by Judge Luis Rodríguez.

The Iranians arrived at around 7:30 pm in front of the Courts of Comodoro Py, where a powerful security operation was waiting for them, including troops from the GEO group and tanks deployed near the building.

As reported yesterday the National Directorate of Migration, the man and the woman of Iranian origin entered Argentina on March 12 by the Ezeiza International Airport with fake pbadports.

"The Integrated Immigration System (SICAM) has been used properly and allows for the control of entry and exit from the territory, such as the Interpol I-24/7 system which has alerted potentially stolen / lost documents and the system. "Anticipated Pbadenger (API), which has detected inconsistencies between pbadengers boarded in Spain and those landed in Ezeiza," said Migrations in a statement on the incomes of Iranians.

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The National Directorate of Migration issued a statement last night in which it explained the reasons why it could enter the country through Ezeiza dos Iraniens International Airport with fake Israeli pbadports.

Both were transferred this morning, in the midst of an extensive security operation, from the federal police offices located in Cavia and Figueroa Alcorta to the federal courts of Comodoro Py, where they will be the object of An investigation by Judge Luis Rodríguez.

The Iranians arrived at around 7:30 pm in front of the Courts of Comodoro Py, where a powerful security operation was waiting for them, including troops from the GEO group and tanks deployed near the building.

The migrations attributed the possibility that the Iranians could have entered the country to the mistakes of the "supervisory staff" who did not follow the "protocol" planned for two years for presumed irregular situations.

The statement:

"Given the spread of the arrival of two Iranians with false Israeli pbadports last Tuesday by Ezeiza, who were subsequently arrested, the National Directorate of Migration reported that, when these two transits took place, the system Integrated Immigration Capture System (SICAM) was working properly, which is used in the control of the entrances and exits of the territory, such as the interpol I-24/7 system which reported any stolen / lost documents and the Advanced Pbadenger Information System (API), which detected inconsistencies between pbadengers boarded in Spain and those who landed at Ezeiza ".

The DNM adds that "however, unfortunately, surveillance personnel who had to authorize the entry of two foreigners did not adequately verify the information they had, especially when there were more a two-year protocol warning staff that this type of alert should be given the utmost care, especially in the case of pbadports of certain nationalities, including Israel, as fraud has been detected with this documentation. "

Migrations adds that "95% of similar cases, which are tens of thousands, refer to a loss or theft that is corrected by a new pbadport that extends to the person who travels to the country where he is documented".

"The situation was detected, along with other investigations, including with Israel (to have pbadports of nationality, where they were registered as stolen) and with Spain, from where they had come before arriving at the international airport, "said the agency. of the controller.

He added that "after identifying the mistakes committed by the two officials, they were immediately suspended from their duties and an administrative procedure was opened to determine the corresponding responsibilities".

Explains, on the other hand, that "this human error occurs in a context of incorporation and improvement of technology by online systems and information implemented by the agency over the past three years, as previously President Mauricio Macri's government would have been very difficult. " I could detect the irregularity. Now it was possible to relieve human error and correct it. The suspects were identified and Migrations collaborated in the arrests. "

Migrations argues that the national state "operates on the basis of a safer system involving complementarity with justice, security forces and intelligence services of different countries".

"Last year," says Migraciones, "there were over 73 million revenues and expenditures of the country – among foreigners and Argentines – through the Sicam, which is a platform where the Register of migratory skills (with the capture orders, prohibitions of entry and exit of the country), the I24-7 alert protocol (connected to Interpol International whose head office is in Lyon and which has all the world registers restrictions); API (Advance Pbadenger Information), which consists of a list of pbadengers and crew provided by international airlines and cruise ships at the time of each flight or departure of each ship; the Migration Database, the Renaper Archive and the National Registry of Recidivism of Argentina ".