More of 60 archaeological pieces of Peruvian originoy also of pre-Hispanic origin who were of illegally at the UFO Museumfrom the city Victoria Entre Ríoswere recovered in the middle of a raid.
As confirmed by police sources, after an investigation by ua complaint from the Embassy of Peru in Argentinain which it was reported that a museum in Entre Ríos was exhibiting a part archaeological (a mummy’s foot) of great scientific value, coming from the Peruvian town of Paracas and that it had possibly been illegally extracted and exported from its territory, the raid was carried out at the UFO Museum.
The investigations were carried out by personnel from the Cultural Heritage Protection Department of the Federal Police and ordered by the Federal Court of First Instance of Victoria de Entre Ríos, headed by Judge Federico Ángel Claudio Martín.
Thus, after field work, the officers detected a publication on a YouTube channel, which documented that in the museum in question there was a piece similar to the one reported, which would be found protected by the National Law on the Protection of Archaeological and Paleontological Heritage.
As a result of the intervention, the mummy’s foot was located in the UFO Museum, and subsequently, the National Institute of Anthropology and Latin American Thought (INAPL) was consulted, the agency that applies the aforementioned law in archaeological matters and before the Museum of Natural and Anthropological Sciences “Prof. Antonio Serrano” located in the City of Paraná.
Both organizations reported that they did not have the registration in their records.neither of the archaeological material, nor of the museum where it was exhibited and that the pieces exhibited there corresponded to both the cultural heritage of the Argentine and Peruvian States.
Given this fact, the judge ordered the search of the museum, and there the detectives, together with personnel from the Paraná Federal Operational Unit Division, They kidnapped the precious piece and 60 others in total, among which archaeological works of modeled pottery stand out, possibly of Peruvian origin; sharply carved stones, probably of pre-Hispanic origin; ceramic fragments corresponding to bodies, edges and necks of vessels, fragments of modeled pottery, polished lithic artifacts and fossil remains.
The person in charge of the place was in the museum, who was notified in the case and the seized pieces were transferred to the headquarters of the intervening police unit, as judicial depository, until they are examined by the National Institute of Anthropology and Latin American Thought. (INAPL).
Meanwhile, the rest of the material of national origin will be delivered to the Museum of Paraná, in the same quality.
