They confirm that the ARA San Juan tried to communicate and that she was carrying an intelligence agent

A naval non-commissioned officer yesterday offered testimony that the ARA San Juan submarine tried to communicate after the explosion, although these proverbs were later relativised by the navy.

On the other hand, in another statement during the day, it was confirmed that there was an intelligence officer aboard the ship.

These are two of the outgoing testimonies among those offered yesterday before the bicameral Congressional Commission investigating the tragedy of the submarine

. The most anticipated testimonies of the day corresponded to Navy officer Rubén Darío Espínola, who reported that the ship had apparently exploded on the same day as the ship and that he had tried to communicate three times [19659002] Espindola. Communications Specialist, said that being on duty at the radio station of the naval base of Mar del Plata heard radio shows that segú His opinion comes from ARA San Juan

"J & # I worked six years listening to underwater messages, I was trained in. I heard the broadcast which, in my opinion, came from the submarine, although I did not hear anything. I have not been able to establish a link, "Espínola told legislators. In addition, detailed who alerted on these three attempts to contact Puerto Belgrano, who at that time had no information about what had happened.

Later testimony was reported by Navy sources. A spokesman for the force explained that it was "a total technical error".

"It is impossible that these communications of speeches pbaded the non-commissioner because according to the submarine files, imploded to 10.51 the 14 hours of Wednesday, November 15", added the source of the Navy

. In turn, the Director General of Naval Intelligence, Rear-Admiral Pedro Galardi, said that there was a naval intelligence officer on board and from the bicameral they asked him to give details of the intelligence tasks The seafarer argued that there was no order from the National Directorate of Military Intelligence to perform such tasks.