Tag: ARA San Juan

Thursday, May 28th 2026 - 21:35 UTC
Submarine Force Advisory Council flagged ARA San Juan concerns seven months before its sinking

Minutes of the Argentine Submarine Force Advisory Council signed by fourteen navy captains on 30 April 2017, seven months before the implosion of the ARA San Juan in the South Atlantic, have become central evidence in the ongoing oral trial before the Federal Oral Court of Santa Cruz, based in Río Gallegos. The document, cited by the Argentine outlet Infobae, details the technical issues outstanding and the operational restrictions affecting the submarine before its final mission, and constitutes one of the central elements of the debate over the eventual criminal responsibility of the four former senior naval commanders charged in the case.
Thursday, March 5th 2026 - 12:01 UTC
Trial opens in Río Gallegos for four former Argentine Navy officers over ARA San Juan sinking

A federal court in Río Gallegos, Santa Cruz province, has opened the long-awaited trial of four former senior Argentine Navy officers accused of alleged responsibility in the 2017 sinking and subsequent implosion of the ARA San Juan submarine, a disaster that killed all 44 crew members.
Friday, January 5th 2024 - 09:36 UTC
Icebreaker Irízar pays tribute to ARA San Juan crew

The Argentine Navy icebreaker ARA Almirante Irízar stopped in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean this week, en route to this summer's Antarctic campaign, at the site where the doomed submarine ARA San Juan was found off Comodoro Rivadavia in 2018, paying tribute to the crew and demanding justice from the ongoing investigation into the unit's 2017 sinking.
Thursday, November 16th 2023 - 08:39 UTC
ARA San Juan probe virtually halted

Argentine Lawyer Luis Tagliapietra, whose son Alejandro was one of the 44 crew members of the ARA San Juan (S-42) submarine that went down on Nov. 15, 2017, in the Atlantic Ocean, said Wednesday that he hoped there was “a change of attitude because we need to know the truth” as to the causes of the wreckage.
Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 07:26 UTC
Argentine Navy needs underwater units, manned or otherwise

The Argentine Navy plans to purchase two unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) for hydrographic and minehunting missions for € 450,000, in addition to new traditional units for its submarine command, it was reported.
Friday, July 15th 2022 - 22:48 UTC
Espionage charges against Macri in ARA San Juan case dismissed

A Buenos Aires Federal Court Friday dismissed all charges against former President Mauricio Macri for allegedly spying on the relatives of the crew members of the ARA San Juan submarine killed when the vessel sank in the South Atlantic.
Friday, July 8th 2022 - 09:05 UTC
Argentine minister off on European tour to buy new submarine

Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana and a team of top-ranking Navy officers are on a trip to Europe to hold talks with several shipyards for the purchase of a new submarine to replace the ARA San Juan, it was reported.
Thursday, May 26th 2022 - 10:26 UTC
Argentine opposition against Blue Hole Law to protect site of sunken submarine

Relatives of the Argentine Navy's ARA San Juan's crew have voiced their anger at the opposition Juntos por el Cambio (JxC) lawmakers not endorsing a bill to protect the area where the remains of the submarine were found.
Thursday, December 2nd 2021 - 09:48 UTC
Macri charged with espionage against relatives of ARA San Juan crew

Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri has been charged with espionage against the relatives of the doomed ARA San Juan submarine. Upon deciding the measure, Federal Judge Martín Bava Wednesday ruled the former head of state be banned from leaving the country.
Saturday, October 2nd 2021 - 09:50 UTC
Macri summoned to account for espionage against relatives of lost submarine just ahead of Argentine mid-term elections

Former Argentine President Mauricio Macri has been summoned to appear on Oct. 7 before the Courts in a case of alleged espionage against relatives of the Navy's ARA San Juan submarine crew.