More than four decades after the end of the war between Argentina and the United Kingdom, there is still evidence of the war in the Malvinas. When it was believed that the islands were already completely free of the mines planted by the Argentine Armed Forces during the conflict, the discovery made on August 31 by two British soldiers on a beach near the old airport close to the city, once again reminds us that the past does not go away so easily.
The British armed forces' explosive ordnance disposal team based at the Mount Pleasant complex was therefore called in by soldiers stationed at Cabo San Felipe, the easternmost point of Soledad Island, in search of a possible landmine found by two soldiers patrolling the area.
Upon arriving at the scene, officers deemed it unsafe to approach because the object was covered by water, so they closed access to the area until low tide on September 1, 2024, when an operator from the explosives brigade identified the device as an anti-vehicle landmine and detonated it.
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The Observer
