Ex-military chiefs sanctioned over 2017 sinking of ARA San Juan submarine
03-22-2021 22:38
Retired admiral Marcelo Srur was handed "45 days of arrest" for giving "incomplete" picture to Defense Ministry; ex-sub commander Claudio Villamide dismissed for "lack of care and neglect."
Two former Navy chiefs were on Monday sanctioned over the 2017 sinking of a submarine that left 44 people dead.
Retired admiral Marcelo Srur was handed "45 days of arrest" for having given an "incomplete" picture to the Defense Ministry of what happened to the submarine, thus "preventing the family members of the crew from being informed," said a statement by Argentina's General War Council.
Claudio Villamide, the ex-commander of the Submarine Division of the Navy, was dismissed after he was found guilty of "lack of care and neglect of the troops and equipment under his charge."
The ARA San Juan disappeared in November 2017. When it was found just over a year later, it was at a depth of more than 900 meters in a desolate area of the South Atlantic some 400 kilometers off the coast of Argentina.
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