After a few days of camping and encounters with the locals close to the English businessman Joe Lewisthe last Kirchner and leftist militants abandoned hidden lakeclosing the 7th March for Sovereignty that they carry out in the place demanding that Lewis be evicted from the area and public access to that mirror of water be restored.
Julius Cesar Urienpresident of the Interactive Foundation to Promote the Culture of Water (Fipca) and one of the organizers of the 7th March for Sovereignty, read a statement to the media in which he confirmed that around 200 protesters who had participated in that demonstration they started back.
In this context, Urien thanked the participation of those who were part of the mobilization from Buenos Aires to Patagonia, and described the trip as a “patriotic deed“. “Fulfilled the objectives of having shown that Lake Escondido belongs to all Argentines since the construction of the 7th Federal March to Lake Escondido for National Sovereignty, it has been decided to conclude it.”
By Lago Escondido, Río Negro reinforced security and took preventive measures
Seeing his notes taken in a notebook, he continued reading: “We thank all the compatriots who have accompanied this feat from different parts of the country and we inform that all the participants in the mountain column are in perfect health.”
Finally, he closed: “First, the members of the column on the public road of Tacuifí, who were artfully attacked while traveling on it, are cared for and out of danger. Second, the column that went to the private airport of Lewis in Sierra Grande also fulfilled its objective of making this serious problem visible.Third, for all the above, we thank all the participating organizations and the Argentine people for their fight and for supporting this cause for national sovereignty and recovering patriotic sentiment. The Malvinas are Argentine and Lago Escondido too.”
The protesters were transferred in long-distance buses and vans, during the early morning, to Route 40, at the height of the town of El Foyel to start the return. There, another 600 militants and leaders of different organizations that made up the national march, who carried Argentine flags and banners, waited for them.
Rachid left by ambulance
However, there were some wounded in the column that led Father Francisco Paco Oliveira and doctor Jorge Rachid. The around 50 Kirchner and left-wing protesters arrived at the sector where the British tycoon’s mansion is located and, exhausted from days of walking in the sun and with little food, some were left on the brink of fainting.
Two ambulances and two helicopters had to arrive at the scene to assist those who were feeling unwell. One of the most affected militants had to be taken by vehicle to the El Bolsón hospital with symptoms of dehydration.
Rachid, one of the heads of that column, He took advantage of the arrival of the ambulances to the place and got on the one that was transporting the young woman..
It is currently a mystery if the Buenos Aires official at the IOMAis he still in Patagonia or has already traveled back to Buenos Aires.
JP / HB / ED
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