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He Was Smuggling Figurines of the World Cup 2026: He Evaded Drunk Control of Gendarmerie in the Cordillera, Fled and Overturned

Summary by La Nacion
A man who was transporting a shipment of albums and figurines from the World Cup 2026 and driving in a state of drunkenness flew on National Route 7, at the height of the Mendoza town of Punta de Vacas, when he was trying to escape from the National Gendarmerie after evading a checkpoint in order to avoid being seized of the merchandise smuggled from Chile and valued at more than 17 million pesos.The episode occurred in the early morning, when o…

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A man who was transporting a shipment of albums and figurines from the World Cup 2026 and driving in a state of drunkenness flew on National Route 7, at the height of the Mendoza town of Punta de Vacas, when he was trying to escape from the National Gendarmerie after evading a checkpoint in order to avoid being seized of the merchandise smuggled from Chile and valued at more than 17 million pesos.The episode occurred in the early morning, when o…

·Buenos Aires, Argentina
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A driver carrying illegal figurines evaded a vehicle control of the National Gendarmerie in the mountain range area.The incident was triggered in the early morning at a checkpoint on the route, where the staff performed routine operations.The driver of the private vehicle did not stop the march at the signals of the gendarmes and accelerated to escape the place.The maneuver started a controlled follow-up by the security force patrols along the m…

·Argentina
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A man was arrested in Mendoza after attempting to enter from Chile a millionaire load of albums and figurines of the World Cup 2026. The driver escaped from a Gendarmerie control, starred in a chase on Route 7 and ended up tipping off the side of the road.

A driver attacked an operation on Route 7 and ended up overturned with World Cup 2026 merchandise.A National Gendarmerie operation on the upper Mendoza mountain resulted in a rollover, the arrest of a driver and the hijacking of a shipment of albums and figurines from the World Cup 2026.The incident occurred in the early morning of Tuesday at 1200 km of National Route 7, in the Punta de Vacas area.Effectives of Squadron 27 "Uspallata" warned the…

The furor of the albums and figurines of the 2026 World Cup became a big business these days in Argentina. And a Peruvian citizen saw the opportunity trying to pass a cargo smuggled from Chile. However, everything ended in a chase, a turnaround and his arrest. It happened in Mendoza. The event took place early Monday morning in the area of Punta de Vacas, near the Mendoza mountain range. Official sources reported that officers of Squadron 27 of …

A man who was driving alcoholized wanted to dodge Gendarmerie control over National Route 7 and ended up overturned after a chase; he was arrested in Mendoza after attempting to smuggle albums and figurines of the 2026 World Cup from Chile. The episode occurred early Monday morning at the roadblock in Punta de Vacas, Mendoza, where gendarmerie squadron 27 officers detected a Ford Focus circulating with lights off. According to sources of the cas…

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la Nacion broke the news in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
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