After the incidents in Lago Escondido, in which protesters moved to the vicinity of the mansion of British magnate Joe Lewis to ask for a public road, the Río Negro government adopted a series of security measures.
First, it deployed a reinforcement of police personnel throughout the area, for the protection of protesters and possible parties involved. Second, in the presence of people in the place who decided to start a hunger strike, the province “established an ambulance with medical professionals in the area for emergency care and eventual transfers, if necessary.”
And, in addition, a bus was made available to people who came to the area to ask for a public access path, so that those who wish to leave the property “do so as safely as possible.”
The provisions come to light after the incidents last Wednesday, the day on which the strikers were attacked, as explained by the president of the Interactive Foundation to Promote the Culture of Water (Fipca), Julio César Urien: “Column two mountain ‘Juana Azurduy’ came to the beach in front of Joe Lewis’s mansion. His people say they have to leave by a private road. We do not accept that. If they cannot go down the public road of Tacuifí, they are going to stay a week camping until they receive a favorable response”, explained Urien, who participates in the mobilization along with other political, social and union leaders.
It should be noted that on Thursday the doctor and Peronist leader Jorge Rachid and the councilor of the San Luis town of Potrero de los Funes, Guadalupe Arrascaeta, were evacuated, while interest in the situation in the place grows.