BUENOS AIRES (AP) – The concatenation of the fence surrounding the seat of the Argentine government is the only way for the families of the 44 divers of the ARA San Juan to believe that the authorities are going respond to their request: As soon as possible, the submersible disappeared more than seven months ago.
"It is a sign of despair, suffering and helplessness … we can not accept that our loved ones are missing." wife of Hernán Rodríguez chief engineer of the submarine, all traces of which were lost on November 15 in the South Atlantic.
Moyano was seated and chained to the high fence which is several dozen meters from the facade of Casa Rosada . A blanket covered his legs to protect himself from the cold. Three other relatives of ARA San Juan submariners accompanied her since Wednesday night and several more will arrive in the coming hours
Crew members' families are frustrated and demand that the government defines how much the private submarine research company will be facing.
"Given the lack of response from an absent government, we decided to come and beat us and we will not leave until we have an answer and something signed, not just words … several months passed and they took our hair. " Marcela Fernández, wife of NCO Alberto Sánchez
On the fence, Argentine flags were hung, photographs of the crew and posters calling for the appearance of the crew. One of them said: "44 hearts made of steel.Search, truth, justice."
The German-made TR-1700 electric diesel submarine, in service since the 1980s, has disappeared from Ushuaia, in the extreme south of Argentina, to its base in Mar del Plata. kilometers south of Buenos Aires, after participating in a training exercise.
Authorities dismissed the fact that the submarine had been attacked by a foreign fleet while it was trying to detect illegal fishing boats.
The day the commander of the ARA San Juan disappeared, he stated that he had suffered a breakdown due to the entry of water into the batteries by the snorkel – the device by which the submersible takes air from the surface to run its engines. – but that the incident has been resolved. A few hours later, an explosion was recorded near the point where contact with the ship had been lost.
The call for tenders to determine the head of the submersible research is blocked after the pre-assignment of monitoring tasks to the Spanish company Igeotest Geoscience. interviewed in the criminal justice system by the lawyer representing several relatives, who believe that the signature is not appropriate and do not meet the conditions required in the contract documents.
Parents who demonstrate in front of the government are worried that Following the intervention of the judicial system, which opened an investigation, the Ministry of Defense has canceled the appeal process of в # <в # < offers, which would require starting from scratch.
Luis Tagliapietra, father of the submariner Alejandro Tagliapietra and accompanied The two women in protest, demanded that Defense Minister Oscar Aguad "give an answer" as soon as possible and "seek them" on the technology that matches so that once and for all we know where they are. "
" It's the company that was chosen and what we're asking for is that we do not waste any more time … we do not give more, "says Tagliapietra, who believes that Company chosen on an interim basis would be suitable for research
Other family members claim not to know if this would be the right business and ask the government to define it as soon as possible
Tagliapietra A On the occasion of the criminal investigation into the disappearance of the submarine on the occasion of the criminal investigation, he indicated that he was waiting for the National Office of the Markets checks if pre-grant search procedure was correct.
ARA San Juan, which has come to add to 18 countries, dozens of detected objects have been scrapped.
In early April, Russia, the last country that collaborated with high technology, has withdrawn from the re in which now only a few naval units of the Argentine Navy participate with the technology which, according to the members of the crew's family, is insufficient.
Nine companies of Argentine, American, Spanish and Panamanian origin applied to search the submarine, according to the tender document