He Ministry of Defence suspects that three citizens of dual Uruguayan-Peruvian nationality were part of the crew of the fishing vessel that sank this Wednesday near the Falkland Islands; Meanwhile, they assured that they allowed British planes participating in the search for four missing crew members to land in the country.
The Minister of Defense, Javier Garcia, He announced this information at an event with the embassy of USA where the North American country donated military equipment to the Uruguay, in which he participated Ambit. In this way, there would be suspicion of the participation of three Peruvian-Uruguayan citizens in the tragedy of the sunken ship in Malvinas.
“We contacted the embassy of United Kingdom and there are fourteen rescued, nine dead and four missing. Apparently, although the identity of the deceased and the rescued is unconfirmed, we are informed that three Peruvian citizens also have Uruguayan citizenship,” explained the Minister of Defense.
On the other hand, Garcia commented that they enabled the government of United Kingdom the possibility of landing in Uruguayan territory the planes that are participating in the search for the four crew members still missing at sea.
Tragedy in the Malvinas
This Tuesday at dawn the fishing boat “Argos Georgia” sank near the Falkland Islands after suffering a hull breach, leaving a total of nine dead, 14 crew members rescued and four missing who are being intensively searched for.
During the emergency operation, which was suspended on several occasions due to storms at sea, 14 crew members were rescued, including six Spanish nationals, while nine have died and four are missing, according to Maritime Rescue.
Meanwhile, they indicated that in the rescue there was work in conjunction with the Government of the Falklandsthe one of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, as well as with the headquarters of British Forces in the South Atlantic Islands, the United Kingdom Maritime and Coastguard Agency, the Fishing Vessel Company and other vessels.
“The search for the missing people continues on Wednesday. It is a race against time because this part of the Atlantic, off the coast of Argentina, is in the middle of the southern winter. The waters are very cold and the sea is difficult,” say the experts.
There were 27 crew members on board the ship, of whom 25 were sailors and two were scientific observers.
Source: Ambito
