The federal judge of Lomas de Zamora Federico Villena asked Uruguay for information on alert that the authorities received about the Venezuelan-Iranian plane, informed The Observer Argentine judicial sources. In charge of the cause, investigate the reasons for which access to airspace was prevented, on Wednesday, June 8.
That day, after receiving a call from the Minister of the Interior, Luis Alberto Heber, the Minister of Defense, Javier García, ordered to deny entry to Uruguay of the aircraft. It was as a result of information from “foreign agencies” that warned about its sanctions in the United States and its possible links with the Al Quds force.
Uruguay had given the administrative authorization to the flight plan of the Iranian plane, but when the government received that information, it prevented access.
Minister García said this Sunday that he himself made the decision “based on that information that was given about the moment.” “I, as Minister of Defense, (…) ordered by virtue of that information and the peremptory times of all the information that could not be checked, that it return, if there was no humanitarian reason, and that entry not be authorized. into Uruguayan airspace,” he explained at a press conference.
“It is information that the Ministry of the Interior had received from foreign agencies, which turned to Uruguay and, since the jurisdiction belongs to the Ministry of Defense, I am responsible for making that decision,” he added.
The Emtrasur flight arrived at the Ezeiza airport (Buenos Aires) last Monday June 6 at 3:30 p.m.
On Tuesday, June 7, the transport presented to the Argentine authorities a flight plan with destination in Caracas Maiquetia Airport, Venezuela. However, fuel companies Shell and YPF they did not allow him to refuel.
Wednesday June 8without the necessary fuel to travel to Venezuela, the flight plan was presented to travel to the Carrasco Airport in Uruguay, where the plane was rejected and returned to the Ezeiza Airport in Buenos Aires. It was the moment when it was decided to withhold the passports of the travellers.
