A Rosario tourist in his 50s was filmed while
spray painting
a stone in a mountainous area of the
Altas Cumbres
of Cordoba, near the city of Mina Clavero.
More precisely in the mountain range on provincial route E34, at kilometer 21. The filming was enough for him to end up arrested and part of the punishment was to "
clean up after himself
."
The event that caused great indignation among the locals occurred last Friday when a resident of Villa Cura Brochero was passing through the area and caught the offender red-handed, while
he was graffitiing one of the stones
.
After filming him with his cell phone, he went to the Police and reported him.
Minutes later, police officers identified him by the filmed license plate and arrested him.
He was detained in the Judicial Unit for violation of Article 72 of the Code of Citizen Coexistence, as published by the
Traslasierra Noticias
site .
In Córdoba, Art. 72 of Law 10,326 (provincial Coexistence Code), in reference to the protection of works of art and historical monuments, establishes that “they will be sanctioned with up to ten days of
community work
, a fine of up to 20 Units of Fine (20 UM) or
arrest of up to three days
.”
Finally, the offender had to carry out cleaning tasks and had to erase the paint from the stone.
According to La Voz, the measure applies to those who “in any way alter the shape, color or other attribute of a property, construction, work of art or monument with historical, scientific or artistic characteristics, subject to public trust, without being duly authorized to do so, and it is not conduct contemplated as a crime in the Penal Code.”
After his arrest, the Rosario offender acknowledged that he had painted the mountain range, although he tried to excuse himself: "I don't know that it can't be painted. I didn't see signs about it," according to his police testimony.
D.D.