2024-02-14 02:11:49
Silvina, a neighbor from Junín de los Andes, told of the nightmare she had to live with four other people when she returned from Chile this Monday. When they wanted to pass through Mamuil Malal, the Chilean customs stopped serving them and they had to spend the night in the place, without assistance, along with hundreds of cars. She made it known to warn regarding the need to take action so that it does not happen once more.
The neighbor told Diario RÃ O NEGRO that on other occasions they have traveled to Chile and returned the same day, but What happened on this last opportunity had never happened to them.
Explain that They arrived at the pass around 7 p.m.so they had one more hour before closing, but they were never able to move forward.
They found a endless line of vehicles and the closure of customs.
Finally, a police officer passed by handing out numbers so that the occupants of the vehicles knew where they were in line, but she and her group remained in place because they had no guarantee that their position would be respected the next day.
His car had the number 118that is, there were 117 cars in front and a line of which I might not see the end behind.
AsÃ, Without further assistance, they had to settle down for the night. Since they had only planned to spend the day, they had no shelter or food. They were cold and rationed cookies to cheat their hunger.
This morning, at 7:55, the honking of horns began to be heard from angry people who wanted to pass.
At 8 they started serving at customs and Within an hour and a half they cleared the long line.
This is a point that Silvina pointed out, who might not help but wonder if that hour and a half of attention might not have been extended during the night, to prevent them from spending the night in the place.
Already at home and with a telephone signal, because in the customs sector there is only internet when it is enabled from the office, but it had been cut off at 9:30 p.m., he decided to make his horrible experience public.
Delays, long lines and collapsed bathrooms at the Samoré Pass this long weekend
History repeats itself at the Cardenal Samoré pass: long lines, few staff and collapsed bathrooms for more than 17,000 persons that this long weekend they circulate daily on the border between Argentina and Chile, closest to Villa La Angostura.
This Sunday theDelays at the border crossing multiplied by at least two hours at the Argentine Customs complexWhich forced the transit barriers to be closed temporarily from time to time until the processing boxes were cleared.
Inside the property, the greatest delay was recorded in the Customs service, the second procedure following Immigration, in which there was a single line for entering and leaving the country, which After 3 p.m. it continued for regarding 200 meters of vehicle owners waiting to be attended to. Inside, there are between 10 and 12 service boxes but the available staff covered no more than half, which slowed down service.
Outside the complex, the line to leave Argentina in the followingnoon stretched for at least 5 kilometers of vehicles stopped on the asphalt strip and reached the Totoral River bridge.
Representatives of the border complex indicated thatOn Saturday they served regarding 17,000 people. The influx is massive, mainly of Chilean vehicles, not because of holidays because in that country there are no working days this weekend like in Argentina, due to Carnival days, but rather it is common all month because in the trans-Andean country the strong month Summer vacation is the second of the year.
The delays at the border have been repeated since last year with the flood of Chilean tourists who crossed into Argentina on a shopping tour. There were efforts for a unified border complex between the two countries to speed up times, but They have not prospered so far.
Another of the repeated issues at the Samoré complex is the poor condition of the bathrooms. In the women’s restrooms, most of the doors are missing and the same happens in the men’s sector, in addition to non-existent cleaning. That motivated the national deputy Sergio Capozzi (Pro) to express their concern regarding the conditions of “deterioration and abandonment†of the Argentine building and requested information from the national government due to constant complaints and claims.
Capozzi pointed out the poor state of the infrastructure and services, the usual problems with electricity generation, the outsourced provision of services such as cleaning, among other points.
The request for reports was submitted on Friday to the National Directorate of Technical Border Affairs, which depends on the Ministry of the Interior.
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