02/20/2021 1:40 PM
Clarín.com
Politics
Updated 02/20/2021 1:40 PM
The Argentine Air Force relieved Vice Commodore Diego Bravo Reta as presidential aide
"immediately"
after he was arrested last Thursday night at the Ezeiza international airport, with an undeclared weapon in one of his suitcases.
The decision was communicated through the institution's official Twitter account.
"Given the facts that are public knowledge, the Air Force informs that it has decided to relieve Vice Commodore Diego Bravo Reta as presidential aide immediately. The institution
has made itself available to the authorities to clarify the fact,
" he said.
Reta's situation was discovered when he was getting ready last night to board an Aeromexico flight that left for the Federal District at 10:15 p.m.
He was part of the president's entourage that will travel to Mexico.
The Airport Security Police (PSA) detected in the scanner of the luggage that goes in the hold of the plane, that one of them had a weapon, which
Reta had not declared so he was prevented from boarding the flight
and intervention was given to the federal judge of Lomas de Zamora Juan Pablo Augé.
Reta had assumed as presidential aide-de-camp on December 16, 2019 and is a military man with extensive experience.His last position, before being appointed aide-de-camp, was that of Liaison Officer before the American Air Forces Cooperation System (SICOFAA).
