Last Wednesday the 27th, the representative and director of LeoLabs Argentina SRL, Pablo Renán Bilbao ; He sent a note to the governor of Tierra del Fuego, Gustavo Melella ; telling him that the company had decided to ask the Provincial Directorate of Energy (DPE) “ to completely cut off the power supply to the earth station” installed at Estancia El Relincho de Tolhuin . But that before disconnecting the service, they were going to “ remove certain electronic parts.” And that after that action, they would completely interrupt the electricity that powers the radar, a fact that they estimated would be carried out on Friday the 29th.
That same day and as a conclusion to the note received by the Provincial Executive Branch , the Secretary of Malvinas, Antarctica, South Atlantic Islands and International Affairs, Andrés Dachary , agreed by saying: “ although it is far from being a definitive solution, for "It is an advance for our province to have concrete guarantees that the radar is not operational."
After these five days, the company has not yet said whether it has removed “electronic parts” and what they were. Perhaps it did communicate it to the Government and the Government has not yet transmitted it. Because until today afternoon it has not said that it has received information regarding the lawyer, son-in-law and advisor of the National Deputy Mabel Caparros, Pablo Bilbao; or others, on behalf of LeoLabs. Nor have he confirmed for himself that those “electronic parts” have been removed, to confirm as Dachary said; “have concrete guarantees.”
Agenda Malvinas has been able to know that on Friday - it was confirmed today by the DPE itself -; At the request of the company's representative, the electrical wiring was cut at the bottom of the pole in front of the entrance to Estancia El Relincho .
In any case, we cannot ignore the trail of new questions that arise after the note sent by Bilbao to Melella .
