The images, not because they are repeated, stop impacting. Upon returning from the match Argentine Cup in front of Independiente in Jujuy and at the height of San Pedro, The buses that brought the Vélez brava bar stopped in front of a service station. It was supposed to be a technical stop to go through the bathroom and for someone to buy a drink or something to eat before undertaking the last stage of the return to Buenos Aires. But far from that, what happened is something that has already become customary for many Argentine soccer clubs: a looting of the station’s minishop. As if they were in their own supermarket, the bars began to take products from the shelves, and while other of these criminals on the board had the task of distracting the establishment’s staff, they left without any payment. But everything was filmed on the security cameras and although the corresponding complaint was made, no one was arrested.
A similar event had occurred months ago when the fans who went on a caravan to see their team play were Gymnastics and Fencing of La Plata. On that occasion, 70 Lobo bars attacked a business in Rafaela after the match that faced them with Flandria. Similar complaints also occurred in Córdoba, after Banfield’s victory against Gimnasia de Jujuy (which enabled Drill to reach the match in which they beat Godoy Cruz on penalties for the quarterfinals) and in Mendoza with the bar itself Independiente Rivadavia who also stole the proceeds and tickets for one of the games. The sad scenes had been inaugurated a long time ago by the Alvarado bar, also in a match for the Argentine Cup, and it spread a worrying fashion.
For this reason and given the possibility that these scenes will be repeated today, The Confederation of Hydrocarbon Trade Entities of Argentina met last week with the Secretary of Energy, Flavia Royón, and among other claims, asked her to take action on the matter and to implement an action plan aimed at protecting against theft and vandalism to service stations, at all times in general and in the transfer of bars in particular.
“The truth is that it is an issue that worries us and that we raised it in the Ministry of Energy, although there was no concrete plan of action. They say that you can’t put a policeman at each service station on all routes in the country and we understand that, but we also let them know that these events cannot be repeated. That is why we offered that the patrol cars that are constantly patrolling the area have some time to stop and use the services of the stations as a deterrent. The best thing would be to plan certain stops in advance and that there is security, but well, it was not possible. We trust that after the claim, situations like the ones experienced in San Pedro will not be repeated,” Gabriel Bornoroni, president of Cecha, told Infobae.
Beyond the fact that there certainly cannot be an official guard for each gas station on the route, what did establish security was a joint operation between all the provinces through which the bars will pass between Wednesday and Thursday, in the duels for the quarterfinals of the Argentine Cup. For example there were posts of troops from Buenos Aires, Santa Fé, Córdoba, San Luis and Mendoza to control the pass of La Doce and the bar of Quilmes that took route seven. The Province of La Rioja also joined the operation to control Los Borrachos del Tablón, who took Route 9 and 38, and Catamarca for the Patronato bar, which went to the party via Route 60. While for not having problems with the Independiente station, there were checkpoints in Entre Ríos and Corrientes until reaching Resistencia, Chaco (the road indicates routes 14 and 12) and also a follow-up to the Talleres bar that took route 11 from Córdoba.
In this way, the Security sought that those images of the Vélez bar looting a service station in San Pedro are the result of a past that will not return.
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