Argentine Customs confiscate weapons and drugs on a U.S. military plane
Source: Luogocomunepublish this article that was sent to us by his friend Federico Rinaldi from Brazil, and that certainly did not make an uproar on the screens of CNN. It seems to say, with respect to the Americans, that certain vices never go.
The Argentine customs seized heavy weapons, drugs and equipment logistics Americans who had arrived on Thursday 10 / 2 in a load of official U.S. Air Force. According to the Argentine government made a formal complaint will be investigated and the reasons for which the U.S. State Department has tried to violate the laws of Argentina with the shipment of undeclared. In turn, the U.S. State Department denies any irregularities.
According to the Argentine Foreign Ministry, the plane C-17 Globemaster III cargo loaded North American materials allegedly used in an exercise of hostages for ransom offered by the U.S. government's Special Operations Group Argentina Federal Police Special (Geof).
objects seized, however, had not been declared by the U.S. Embassy ...
... the list of material that was used in the exercise. "At a time when the customs are designed to verify the load" with the necessary criteria for a "classified as war material", "it was discovered that much of the load was not included in the list of 'good faith' provided by the Embassy "he informed the Argentine government. Among the items confiscated
meet: material to intercept communications, various GPS, materials technology and encoded with secret messages a different case with expired medicines, including morphine. In total, the load does not coincide with the material held by the U.S., occupying a volume of 28 m3.
The Argentine government has said the U.S. undersecretary of state for Latin America, Arturo Valenzuela, got in touch Saturday 12 / 2 with Argentine Foreign Minister, Héctor Timerman, to "resolve the situation" and express "concern Department of Defense before the confiscation of the material. "
Timerman's response, however, was that the laws of Argentina "must be respected by all, without exception." According to the secretary, the minister he also said that his country would have made a formal complaint, as well as a request for cooperation in investigating the reasons for which the U.S. Air Force has attempted to violate the laws with the Argentine sending of camouflaged inside a cargo officer.
spokeswoman for the Department of State, Virginia, Staab, meanwhile, has denied the Argentine version of what occurred. "On the afternoon of February 10, a plane carrying U.S. military specialists and equipment for exercises landed at Ezeiza Argentina, previously authorized and approved by the Argentine government," he said in a statement.
, the paper said the visit was "part the continuing U.S. cooperation with Argentina in terms of public safety "and was" fully coordinated and approved "by the Foreign Ministers of Security and Argentina. "As far as the cargo has been duly expressed in accordance with prior arrangements and discussions, unexpectedly, the Argentinian authorities have begun a long and thorough search of the cargo aircraft, seized parts."
The statement said the exercise was canceled and the aircraft of the Air Force has left the country. "We are looking for explanations from the Argentine government on this issue, as any concerns might be resolved through normal diplomatic channels, "says the document, which demands the" immediate return of all items confiscated by the Argentine government. "
The Argentine government has informed that this is not the first time the U.S. tried to enter the country with a load of weapons not declared to customs. In August 2010, the Argentine authorities had already warned the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires on violation of customs laws. "On that occasion, had allowed the withdrawal of material not held, because the same had not been downloaded military area," said the statement.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, the authorities USA, had refused to consult about the reasons for the attempt of sending undeclared in the country, as well as the reasons for its use in the South American territory.
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translation: Federico Rinaldi (Rinaldi's site, Solto na Cidade 2)
Translator's note: To better understand this serious diplomatic incident, we must remember that at the beginning of February , Timerman minister accused the U.S. of financing and pursue the Metropolitan Police in Buenos Aires (linked to the administration of the municipal capital) "Course of torture" and "technical staging a coup." He refers to the sending of men, as decided by the mayor Mauricio Macri, pre-presidential candidate and leading opponent of President Cristina Kirchner to take a course in a school in El Salvador, created by the U.S..
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