In Resistencia, the Chaco influencer Rolando Palavecino was reported after an episode that occurred at a service station, where he allegedly offended the agents of the Transit Directorate.
According to the complaint filed at the 1st Police Station, the incident occurred around 11:30 p.m. last Thursday the 3rd, when the influencer arrived on a motorcycle to refuel. However, because he was not wearing a helmet, he was denied service.
It is important to remember that Law 2139-T governs in the province, which implements the “no helmet, no fuel” program, which requires that service stations supply fuel only to drivers and passengers who wear regulatory helmets.
An hour later, the influencer returned to the scene, recording with his cell phone. “Bullshit, black, fucking whore, these guys want to steal our motorcycle, look,” he reportedly told the agents as he drove away on his motorcycle, fleeing along 9 de Julio Avenue. After this, the inspectors drew up an infraction report for the lack of a helmet, refusal to show documentation, lack of respect and escape.
The Undersecretary of Transportation, Darío Sardi, described the situation as “unpleasant” and commented that, at that time, the agents were carrying out an awareness campaign about the use of helmets.
“We were there simply because at night they are women and we don’t want to put them in complicated situations at the stations,” he said. Sardi also reported that, when the influencer arrived, he was told that he could not load gas.
“This is part of the service station’s policy since the law was implemented, although there was no direct intervention by the inspectors in this case; he took it out on one of them,” he added.
Sardi mentioned that the matter was under the responsibility of the Misdemeanors judge, Marcela Cortés, to whom “all available material will be sent to determine what sanction corresponds.”
Rolando Palavecino Cabañas, the influencer involved, acknowledged on his social networks, through an Instagram story, that he had received the complaint.
“What I experienced was aggression and humiliation in front of them just for not having a helmet at that time,” he declared, adding that “there were many people who came without helmets and they didn’t say anything to them.”
Palavecino said that he arrived and parked his motorcycle. “I made a call to ask for a helmet because I was very close doing an advertisement and a third person appeared and told them who we were,” he explained. “The lady who asked me ‘Don’t you have to have a helmet?’ did so after the beachgoer told me. I told them yes, don’t worry,” he said, adding that the inspector took out her phone to record “because they told him who I was.”
The case, which has gone viral on social networks, remains under investigation.