Tag: Argentine Coast Guard

Friday, May 10th 2024 - 20:27 UTC
New incident between Argentine forces and illegal Paraguayan fishermen

The Governor of the Argentine province of Corrientes Gustavo Valdés insisted that the Foreign Ministry and the Senate should get involved after another clash was reported between unauthorized Paraguayan fishermen and the Coast Guard (Prefectura Naval Argentina - PNA). “I hope they take care and do not continue denying the conflict as they have been,” Valdés underlined.
Monday, March 11th 2024 - 10:58 UTC
Argentine Coast Guard charges for air rescue of South Korean fisherman

A crew member from a South Korean vessel operating in the South Atlantic was air-evacuated by the Argentine Coast Guard and hospitalized in Trelew following an emergency case of appendicitis.
Wednesday, January 10th 2024 - 10:35 UTC
Argentine Coast Guard strengthens anti-drug trafficking forces in Rosario

A past river patrol boat from the Argentine Coast Guard was deployed from the port of Posadas in the northern province of Misiones to the Paraná River shores of Rosario in the province of Santa Fe to join the local anti-drug trafficking efforts, it was reported. The move was ordered by Security Minister Patricia Bullrich, it was explained.
Thursday, September 28th 2023 - 08:46 UTC
Paraguayan Navy sailor wounded in clash with Argentine Coast Guard

A Paraguayan naval officer and two civilians were arrested Wednesday by the Argentine Coast Guard (PNA) following an incident at around 3 pm in the Paraná River near the PNA's Puerto Maní (Misiones) delegation that resulted in the seizure of a Paraguayan Navy vessel allegedly trying to smuggle fuel to the Paraguayan side.
Tuesday, December 27th 2022 - 19:41 UTC
No casualties in private boat fire off Buenos Aires

All three occupants of a boat that caught fire Tuesday morning off Buenos Aires were rescued alive and in good condition, the Argentine Coast Guard (Prefectura Naval Argentina - PNA) reported.
Monday, May 4th 2020 - 08:13 UTC
Argentina arrested on Sunday a Portuguese trawler poaching in its EEZ

The Argentine Coast Guard arrested on Sunday a Portuguese trawler poaching in the country's EEZ, and will in the next few hours be escorted to the port of Bahía Blanca where it will face charges.
Wednesday, April 29th 2020 - 07:54 UTC
Argentine Coast Guard chases Chinese jigger operating in the country's EEZ

The Argentine Coast Guard was finally unable to arrest a Chinese jigger operating in the country's EEZ, which managed to escape into international waters, the so-called mile 201. According to the force's report, the patrol vessel GC-27 “Prefecto Fique”, early Tuesday detected and pursued the jigger Lu Rond Yuan Yu 668, some 390 kilometers offshore Puerto Madryn.
Monday, March 4th 2019 - 08:57 UTC
Chinese jigger illegally operating flees from the Argentine Coast Guard

A Chinese flagged jigger, “Hua Xiang 801” has fled from the Argentine Coast Guard, ignoring calls to stop engines, and intimidating shots, after it was discovered red-handed operating in Argentine waters early Sunday dawn.
Monday, June 19th 2017 - 10:07 UTC
At least three killed as Argentine fishing boat sinks off Chubut

Argentine Coast Guard found Sunday the dead body of two of the nine crew members missing after Saturday's sinking of a fishing vessel off the coast of Argentina's southern province of Chubut, it was reported, while one more sailor whose body is yet to be retrieved is also feared dead and seven more are still missing.
Wednesday, March 16th 2016 - 16:43 UTC
Beijing protests sinking of Chinese jigger and calls for a formal inquest into the incident

Beijing made a formal complaint to Argentina and expressed 'great concern' regarding the incident in which a Chinese flagged jigger caught red-handed fishing in the country's EEZ was fired at and sank on Tuesday. Chinese authorities also requested an “immediate inquest” into the procedure of the Argentine Coast Guard in the sinking of the vessel Lu Yuan Yu10.