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Montevideo, July 27th 2025 - 05:39 UTC

Tag: Argentine Army

  • Friday, November 22nd 2024 - 19:27 UTC

    Eight former Argentine Army officers convicted for death of 2nd Lt in ritualistic party

    Chirino endured abusive treatment during his “baptism”

    Former Argentine Army officers Rubén Darío Ruiz, Claudio Andrés Luna, Hugo Reclus Martínez Tárraga, Exequiel Emanuel Aguilar, Darío Emanuel Martínez, Luis Facundo Acosta were sentenced Thursday to 8 years in jail for the crime of abandonment of person in concurrence with abuse of authority in the death of Second Lieutenant Matías Ezequiel Chirino in a ritualistic initiation known as “baptism” at the Artillery Group 3 in Paso de los Libres in the province of Corrientes on June 19, 2022. Meanwhile, former privates Gerardo Sebastián Bautista, Franco Damián Grupico, and Claudia Daniela Cayata were acquitted.

  • Friday, January 5th 2024 - 09:36 UTC

    Icebreaker Irízar pays tribute to ARA San Juan crew

    It was an emotional moment for Captain Recio, who was a close friend of the San Juan's first officer

    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.

  • Friday, September 22nd 2023 - 08:42 UTC

    Argentine Army officers remanded for “welcome rite” murder

    Second Lieutenant Chirinos was 22 when he choked to death in his vomit

    Argentine Judiciary authorities Thursday ordered the arrest of seven Army officers for their alleged involvement in the death of Second Lieutenant Matías Chirino after an “initiation rite” at the Artillery Group Nº 3 barracks in Paso de los Libres, in the province of Corrientes in June last year.

  • Friday, September 22nd 2023 - 08:38 UTC

    Four Argentine soldiers killed in lorry crash

    At least 18 troops were hospitalized after the accident; nine of them were said to be in a serious condition

    Four servicepeople of the Argentine Army died Thursday and 18 others were injured when a a Mercedez Benz 1518 lorry derailed on Provincial Route 62 in the San Martín de los Andes area in the Patagonian province of Neuquén as it was bringing back the soldiers to their barracks after high mountain skiing practice.

  • Friday, March 10th 2023 - 10:45 UTC

    Argentine soldier dies while training amid heat wave

    “It is with deep regret that we report the death of first-year cadet Lautaro Pilloud, during a service activity in the CMN,” the Argentine Army said

    An Argentine Army cadet died Monday during a training session in the middle of a heat wave, it was reported this week. A 21-year-old young man in the first year of his military career died during “physical training” practices at the National Military College (Officer's Academy - CMN).

  • Monday, July 11th 2022 - 09:40 UTC

    Argentine Cpl. paralyzed from the waist down in another welcome rite

    “They humiliated him, made him dance and drink alcoholic beverages,” said Verón's mother

    Argentine authorities have launched an inquiry into how an Army corporal in the province of Misiones ended up with injuries in his legs just days after a second lieutenant died as the apparent result of a “baptism” party in the neighboring province of Corrientes.

  • Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 08:19 UTC

    Argentine Army places 11 officers under suspension over 2nd Lt's death

    “I will do everything possible to get justice,” Chirino's father said

    Eleven serving officers of the Argentine Army have been suspended from duty pending inquiries into the death of Second Lieutenant Matías Chirino after an initiation party at the Artillery Group Nº 3 barracks in Paso de los Libres, in the province of Corrientes last weekend.

  • Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 22:12 UTC

    Argentine Army second lieutenant dies after officers' party

    The official report says the officer died after a “cardiac arrest caused by asphyxiation by food,” which would suggest that he choked on his vomit

    Argentine Army Second Lieutenant Matías Ezequiel Chirino has died in the province of Corrientes following a cardiac decompensation after an initiation party known as “baptism,” it was reported.

  • Wednesday, March 23rd 2022 - 08:54 UTC

    Argentina to recruit additional voluntary soldiers to boost armed forces

    In 1982, Argentina used to have a 72,000-strong military force made up mostly of conscript soldiers

    Argentina's Defense Minister Jorge Taiana has announced 10,000 new volunteer soldiers are o be recruited to boost the manning of military barracks. The country's armed forces currently have some 17,000 troops nationwide, it was reported.

  • Monday, October 11th 2021 - 09:01 UTC

    Argentine Defense Ministry announces new military base in Catamarca

    Argentina's Army will expand its presence nationwide with the new Catamarca unit

    Argentine Defense Minister Jorge Taiana and Governor Raúl Jalil of the province of Catamarca signed late last week an agreement whereby the national Army will set up a military unit in the provincial capital.

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