Relatives of victims of the ARA San Juan responded to Alberto Fernández

02/24/2021 14:00

• Clarín.com

• Politics

Updated 02/24/2021 2:19 PM

This Tuesday, from Mexico, when speaking about the scandal over the VIP vaccination, President Alberto Fernández referred to the tragedy of the ARA San Juan submarine, in which its 44 crew members lost their lives.

And this Wednesday, a group of relatives of the victims of the tragedy issued a statement addressed to the head of the Executive Power letting him know that they

are counting on him to advance the investigation

.

Referring to Justice, the President said: "if they want to work, they have many crimes to investigate."

And among others that he listed, all linked to the government of Mauricio Macri, he pointed out: they can investigate "the responsibility of a minister who

sent a submarine to kill the 44 crew members

."

In response to these expressions, the ten families of victims represented by the lawyer Luis Tagliapietra, also a relative of a crew member of the Ara San Juan, released a statement addressed to Alberto Fernández in which they let him know that they

have his help

to carry out the investigation. of the sinking of the submarine advance.

In the text they indicate that at the time they requested the resignation of the then defense minister, Oscar Aguad.

And they add: "We have requested his impeachment, making the corresponding presentation in the Political Trial Commission of the Honorable Congress of the Nation, unfortunately from that Government

no one listened to us

, and few listened to us in the Congress of the Nation."

The communiqué states that

Aguad's impeachment was never even discussed

.

And he continues: "Now, as from day 1, we continue fighting to get to the truth of what happened and obtain justice for our 44."

Finally, the brief letter, always addressed to the President, indicates: "We have your full support for this, placing the same emphasis so that the corrupt Justice that investigates our case,

straightens or moves

, we count on your support to carry out all the expertise necessary and recover the remains, we have that support because we know that our sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, parents, brothers-in-law and uncles, are not used politically, they are

beyond the crack

".

In communication with

Clarín

, Tagliapietra explained that he had received, by word of mouth, all the support of the current Minister of Defense, Agustín Rossi, to ascertain the truth.

"Now the Federal Chamber of Comodoro Rivadavia ordered extensive examinations as requested by the complaint (ours) so we

hope that there is no impediment

to carry them out expeditiously," Alejandro's lawyer and father, one of the 44 dead from the ARA San Juan.

"We are grateful to President Fernández for the post mortem promotions, the tributes made and to be done and the human sense. We take his words said in Mexico as

a commitment

in this regard," added Tagliapietra.

And he closed: "We have a long way to go before the Justice, and

we depend on the political will

to carry out the necessary skills to reach that truth, we have the President, so that there are no obstacles or impediments to this."

On the other hand, in another statement, the lawsuit that represents 31 families of the deceased divers and led by lawyers Valeria Carreras and Lorena Arias, expressed their

appreciation

for the words of Alberto Fernández.

"The President, in Mexico, asked prosecutors and judges to investigate what happened to the ARA San Juan. As a representative of the 31 families of the crew, we want to thank the mention and concern of the President for the loss of the submarine ARA San Juan and his crew, "says the letter as quoted by Ámbito.com.

"As a complaint," they pointed out, "we have been asking for the same for a long time. And they added:" We want to make it clear that we will not stop fighting for truth, for justice and dignity for them and their families.

We ask that this concern expressed in Mexico

continue in Argentina and treat us

as it has treated relatives of several victims. "

LGP