The scandal for the clandestine paddle tournament in Pilar continues to grow. In addition to the 16 people accused of violating the quarantine, Among them the Secretary General of Economy of the Municipality of Tigre, Fernando Lauría, the president of the club assured on Monday morning that, according to the organizers, the former Minister of the Interior, Rogelio Frigerio and the Undersecretary of Sports were playing. from the City of Buenos Aires, the former tennis player Luis Lobo, who had withdrawn before the raid.
“I confirm what the media talks about, that Frigerio was there, and an official from Tigre and the CityI don’t know if they were playing, but they were there, “said the head of the complex, in dialogue with Radio 10.
“The names of the officials confirmed that they were there: Lobo, Lauría and Frigerio,” added Pérez. Lobo is Luis, the former tennis player who today is the undersecretary of Sports for the City of Buenos Aires.
However, official sources assured Clarion: “Lobo did not play or participate in the tournamentIn addition, from the environment of Frigerio they also denied that it was in place. In any case, none came out to clarify the situation in the media or on the social network Twitter, where they have an active participation.
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After a call to line 134 of the Ministry of Security, Gendarmería carried out the operation in the La Palmera complex and found that 14 people were playing clandestinely in the club in northern Buenos Aires. The Federal Court of Bell ordered that a case for non-compliance with the DNU be initiated against the 14 citizens and two partners in the concession of the courts.
Pérez explained: “The doors are open because there is a SAME guard who is working, they sleep and eat there. The club itself was closed but the doors were open. The security person, who also lives on the premises, is in poor health and therefore was not on duty. We have security cameras that are available to Justice. “
In statements to All NewsHe continued: “We have a sports city of 14 hectares, we have a school that is closed, soccer, tennis and paddle courts. But all that part is licensed and unfortunately these events happened.”
They arrested 16 people for violating the mandatory quarantine to play paddle tennis.
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According to the club authorities, the sports activity -prohibited by the decree of social isolation, preventive and compulsory- took place on Saturday and Sunday.
“It is a total irresponsibility of all officials, they have to lead by example and they have not done it. This makes us look very bad as an institution, “Pérez lamented.
From the site of the institution on Facebook they asserted that they are at the disposal of the Justice and that they will reach the last consequences with the dealers, who have been in the club for two years. “We are totally sorry for what happened and we inform the population that the board of directors will reach the final consequences with the company that has the concession of the tennis and paddle courts and that it irresponsibly violated social and preventive isolation,” they said.
The case is in charge of the federal judge of Campana, Adrián González Charvay, who already has at his disposal the images of the security cameras to identify the protagonists of the scandal.
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