“Would you believe us if we told you that today, 7/8/2024, the Cristo Redentor Pass is closed because Cristian Aravena, presidential delegate of Los Andes, who does not have the authority to carry out this operationmade the decision to close it?”, they published on their social networks.
Aprocam stated that the Chilean official “decided ignore the decisions of the coordinations namesakes of Chile and Argentina, as well as the national roads”, which had agreed to keep the passage enabled as long as weather conditions permitted.
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“A person who does not appear in any international convention signed between both nations, no background or knowledgedecides to close the only gate with access to the Pacific Ocean,” they added in their statement, highlighting the lack of justification and the consequence of leaving hundreds of families and truck drivers stranded.
More than 800 Argentines were stranded on the way to Chile
More than 800 Argentines were stranded in Chile due to the last-minute closure of the international tunnel due to the forecast of snowfall starting this Saturday afternoon. They indicated that the authorities of the coordination of the Christ the Redeemer Pass They did not provide them with help nor were they attended to their complaints. Furthermore, they warned that They tried to pass through Guardia Vieja on Friday but couldn’t.
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“We wanted to pass on Friday, we arrived before 6 p.m. but all of us who remained behind the barrier could not advance. We hoped that when it opened this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. we would be able to cross, but that statement they sent yesterday was not respected,” commented Brian, one of the 800 people who could not cross from the trans-Andean country.
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800 families were stranded at the crossing to Chile due to a last-minute closure.
“Carabineros informed us that the tunnel is closed preventively, although All the weather conditions were in place for us to return to Argentina.“said the man to ONE Diary and added: “Those responsible for The coordination between Argentina and Chile did not agreesince Argentina, in order to allow us to return, asked Chile to allow 500 trucks that are on the Argentine side to enter,” according to what the Chilean uniformed officers explained to them.
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“We are stranded, the majority are entire families, elderly people, children, women, in private vehicles and buses, out in the open, without hot water, electricity or bathrooms“claimed the Argentine who, based on recommendations, returned to Los Andes to spend the night in the hope that the Cristo Redentor Pass will open as soon as possible. “It is a lack of coordination between the States of Argentina and Chile, We feel that we are cattle and we did not have any response from either State“.
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