Malvinas: kelpers denounce "intimidating" attitudes of Argentine tourists

Inhabitants of the Falkland Islands they denounced "intimidating" attitudes from Argentinian tourists who arrive on this territory, which is why the British government is badyzing to implement the system. of "right of admission". According to reported reports, the attackers arrive dressed in camouflage and travel at least once a month.

The story was published by the British newspaper The weather with the title "Argentinean combatants pose problems in the Falklands. " They say that groups of "Argentine nationalists" are accused to cause "anguish" to the inhabitants of the island by "provoking clashes".

The crime of carrying Argentine flags to the Falklands

"British overseas politicians plan to introduce a system of admission rights to end intimidation, the problem worsening," noted the note from London.

The newspaper explained that "groups of a dozen men, sometimes in camouflage uniforms, arrive once a month on the territory aboard the only flight inland that makes a stopover. in Argentina and goes to the islands of Chile. They stay for a week until the departure flight through Argentina is removed. "

"They stay a week until their flight home" on the mainland, but the chronicle says that they "have been accused of causing anxiety to the islanders by provoking them." discussions and filming videos "with content" agitation ". "They have been accused of causing distress to the islanders by trying to provoke arguments and by filming incendiary videos, which they were published on social networks, in which they declare that the territory belongs to Argentina", Adds the article.

In the note, they included the picture of the veteran Luis Escobedo arrested at the end of March for wearing a flag in the cemetery with the image of the islands and the legend "Argentine territory". "They treated us like criminals and all we did was honor our people," Escobedo said, adding, "We are living in a very tense situation."

Escobedo had traveled with seven other ex-combatants and was denounced by an islander who felt wronged by the flag and songs of the Argentines, who sang the national anthem and observed a minute of silence for the fallen soldiers. .

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