The first Argentines stranded: 'They let us get on the plane and in mid-flight they report that it is forbidden to return'

Mariano roa

03/28/2021 16:05

• Clarín.com

• Zonal

Updated 03/28/2021 4:50 PM

They are administrative, monotributistas, lawyers and even judicial employees.

They boarded alone or in pairs.

They met just a few days ago, in a paradisiacal setting of white sand and turquoise sea.

Most saved throughout the past year to be able to unplug on the beaches of

Mexico

.

They traveled shortly before or at the same time that

President Alberto Fernández

announced the

ban

on flights from that country along with those from Brazil and Chile.

Now

they can't go back

.

In the photos they pose funny, displaying their first tans.

Some privileged ones.

But they assure that they make efforts not to think that they are

stranded almost 7,000 kilometers

from their homes.

Deep down, they admit they are worried.

And with fear.

None is anti-quarantine and they assure that they were very respectful of all the measures that were taken due to the pandemic.

Lawyer Leandro AM and Pablo Villar stop at a hostel in Isla Mujeres and look for alternatives to return to the country after their flights were canceled.

"At one point we thought of going to Brazil. But we decided on Mexico because there are many

fewer cases

of infected, even compared to Argentina. They allowed us to leave without any problem and they

did not warn us of

anything. And on the scale that we did in Mexico City, we were An email arrived that

the return flight

had been

canceled

. The truth is that we do not know how or what we are going to do, "says Eduardo López, who together with Yésica Santillán boarded the same Friday that the Government suspended flights from the Aztec country.

Another of the stranded is the lawyer from Villa Pueyrredón Leandro Am, who is staying at a hostel in

Isla Mujeres

, 13 kilometers off the coast of Cancun.

"The resolution is not that it prohibits the return of tourists who traveled before the restrictions. The problem is that for the airlines, in my case Aeroméxico,

the flights were no longer profitable.

It is reasonable: it is not convenient for them to send a plane to the Argentina knowing that

nobody

is going to take it to return to Mexico. So they canceled everything, "he explains.

Jésica Santillán and Edgardo López arrived two days ago in Isla Mujeres and they don't know how they are going to get back.

Everyone is now figuring out how to get back.

And if they do, how much will it cost them?

They do not think, want or can stay.

They don't want it either.

For money, work obligations or simply to get back to their families.

The alternatives?

Not many

.

Get the airlines to change the ticket they bought to

a country without great restrictions

 due to the pandemic so that from there they can get to

Buenos Aires.

"The simplest thing would be to return through

Uruguay.

But in that country there are also restrictions and if they let you in, you have to comply with quarantine and pay for the hotel. It is very expensive. Several of us are thinking about trying to change our passage to get to

Costa Rica

. Others They also talk about

Cuba.

Wherever there is no compulsory isolation and flights to Argentina that obviously

we should pay.

They are over

$ 1,000.

Nobody wants to focus on the fact that we are stranded. Many have just arrived. We prefer to forget to be able to enjoy. Do one click. But the worry and uncertainty is always there. It is a somewhat strange sensation and stresses even in the middle of this paradise ", Am admits.

In the group of

seven tourists

(main photo), in addition to AM, López and Santillán, are Pablo Villar, Edgar Baudino, Roberto Berais and Hernán Tordeti. "We embarked without knowing anything about the government decree with the flight bans. Above plane, we began to find out about the resolution through the networks. It was incredible: we were about to take off and in the midst of the tension several passengers

asked to get off.

 And some began to

cry

. They did not mind leaving their suitcases that were obviously already dispatched "They now remember as a simple anecdote.

MR