Upon entering, they found an event in full swing, with music, a crowd, TV cameras, installed tents, and intense equestrian activity. According to the official documents accessed by the Argentine News Agency, the site did not have municipal authorization, nor the presence of firefighters or ambulances, as required by current regulations for sporting events. The Municipality of General Rodríguez ordered the preventive closure of the site for legal breaches, with the intervention of the Court of Fines No. 2. Buenos Aires, December 5 (NA) – The Ellerstina site in General Rodríguez, property of the Pieres family, was closed after a tournament in progress was detected without authorization or minimum safety conditions, according to municipal sources. The operation was carried out on November 26, when inspectors and police personnel detected a large number of vehicles, trailers, and unusual movement in the area. However, the organizers continued with the tournament for several hours, arguing that it was a private event. IP The attorney Milton Eugenio López, as stated in the minutes, refused to allow the placement of one of the closure seals. Despite the formal notification, inspectors confirmed the presence of the public, horses, and even a lit fire, which explicitly violated the closure conditions. The episode adds to other precedents involving Ellerstina, an emblematic club of Argentine polo, which in recent years has been mentioned in investigations into irregular horse exports, under-invoicing, and triangulation, in a case involving polo players and sector companies.
