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Meat hanging outside home sparks controversy in Argentine town
🇦🇷 Argentina /Crime & Justice

Meat hanging outside home sparks controversy in Argentine town

From La Nación · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Police intervened in Coronel Pringles after neighbors reported meat hanging publicly from a property, suspecting clandestine sales.
  • The property owner, Gabriel Molina, claims the meat is from hunting wild boar and pigs, for personal consumption or gifts, and that he has permits.
  • Molina stated he has had the meat tested and is cooperating with authorities, refuting accusations of illegal sales.

A controversy has erupted in Coronel Pringles, a town in Buenos Aires province, after neighbors reported seeing large quantities of meat, including carcasses, hanging publicly from a property. The neighbors' concerns about potential clandestine sales prompted an intervention by local police and potentially the health department.

Nothing is happening at my house, everything is normal. I get a pig, a wild boar, I make sausages and I consume them.

— Gabriel MolinaResponding to accusations of clandestine meat sales.

However, the property owner, Gabriel Molina, vehemently denies any illegal activity. He explained in an interview with local outlet El Orden de Pringles that the meat comes from animals he hunts, primarily wild boar and pigs, for which he claims to have permits. Molina stated that the meat is intended for his personal consumption, to make products like chorizo, or to be given away as gifts to friends and landowners who allow him to hunt on their property.

If a neighbor comes to buy meat from me, I give it to them as a gift. I don't sell it. To those who really need it, I give it away.

— Gabriel MolinaDenying illegal sales and stating his practice of gifting meat.

"Nothing is happening at my house, everything is normal. I get a pig, a wild boar, I make sausages and I consume them," Molina asserted. He added that he gifts the meat to those in need rather than selling it. He challenged accusers to provide proof of any clandestine sales, emphasizing that he has had the meat analyzed and is awaiting further controls, including those from the health department.

I hunt with permission. I have 40 fields with permission.

— Gabriel MolinaAsserting the legality of his hunting activities.

Molina also addressed suspicions of cattle rustling, reiterating that his activity is legal hunting with permits for various rural properties. He stated he possesses the necessary documentation for his firearms and transports them legally. The case gained significant attention after a video of Molina's interview went viral, sparking debate about hunting practices and public perception of meat handling.

We transport it as it should be, covered and disassembled. Everything legal.

— Gabriel MolinaDescribing the legal transport of his hunting firearms.
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Originally published by La Nación in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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