The situation of Mendoza residents stranded in Chile became complicated because they were evicted from the military regiment

They have been stranded on the route for 5 days. Only on Sunday night did the Army of the Andes receive them, until this Tuesday when the authorities asked them to leave the place.

At first they were going to go to the Argentine consulate in Chile but they warned that they had already contacted the Argentine authorities and they had not given them a solution. That is why they set out on their way to Hachado Pine Pass, in Neuquen, which according to what they were informed, is open.

This step is 950 km away from Christ the Redeemerand some motorists managed to get through over the weekend.

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“The situation is complicated, we have neither bread nor waterpeople are desperate, now are fighting each other“explained Silvia Prado, one of the coordinators of a group stranded for 5 days. She also reported that there are 150 people, including two minors and three older adults.

“The Municipality of Los Andes and the people were giving us food until today, but we no longer have anything left and we are left without money,” continued Prado, worried because, in her words, the Argentine embassy in Chile has not given them solutions. Until now.

“In Santiago we already talked, but they are not going to take care of anything“, he claimed.

The alternative is to go through Neuquén

Private motorists began to spread the information on Sunday that the Paso de Hachado Pine, in Neuquen, was opened. And so hundreds of people who were stranded in Guardia Vieja managed to pass. According to one of those who managed to use this road, the journey to Mendoza is 3,000 km.

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“People spent their money because people come to the shopping tour who don’t have a job, they have their coins to buy, I don’t know, socks, and wear and sell socks. And here we don’t have money. Nobody has any money,” he said. a stranded Mendoza.

“The Argentine consulate does not want to take responsibility, the Chilean responded as far as it could, they cannot do more. The Argentine authorities washed their hands, they said, ‘” explained a woman in an audio that went viral on WhatsApp.

The forecast calls for bad weather until Saturday the 15th

The possibility of the weather improving in Paso Libertadores in the coming days is practically zero, according to meteorologists, and they explained that the forecast indicates heavy snowfall until Friday included.

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