This is a list of hostile incidents at the Argentine border. This timeline does not include events from the 1982
Falklands War, nor the 1978 peak of the
Beagle crisis with Chile.
It should be note that Argentina's use of force against Chile and the United Kingdom has been the exception rather than the rule, and some of the hostile acts or armed incidents appear to have been caused by zealous local commanders, and not as the result of a widespread strategy.[1]
Most of the naval incidents involve
illegal fishing boats predating squids and fish species outside exploitation seasons and allowed seizing by the Argentine law in Argentine Exclusive Economic Zone waters.[2]
A group of 18 Argentine nationalist militants
hijacked a civilian Aerolineas Argentinas aircraft whilst flying over
Puerto Santa Cruz and forced the captain at gunpoint to land in the
Falkland Islands, where they took several civilians hostage. The crisis was resolved 36 hours later when the hijackers agreed to release their hostages and return to Argentina for trial.[3]
The Argentine destroyer
ARA Santa Cruz found the Soviet trawlers Pavlovo and Golfstrim fishing in Argentine territorial waters. Pavlovo managed to slip away, but Golfstrim was hit by two 40 mm rounds fired by the destroyer and captured. The fishing vessel was escorted to
Mar del Plata, where she was released on 9 July after paying a $ 25,000 fine.[5][6][7]
The Argentine Navy shelled and captured the Soviet trawler Prokopyevsk and the Bulgarians Ofelia and Aurelia off
Puerto Madryn. Three Argentine seamen died from drowning and one Bulgarian sailor was wounded.[9][10]
19 October 1984
According to the Chilean Ministry of Defense, the
Argentine Army fired eight artillery rounds at a Chilean lighthouse at Punta Gusanos, near
Puerto Williams.[11][12]
The British trawler Pict, which had been part of the British Task Force in the Falklands War as an auxiliary minesweeper,[13] was captured by the patrol boat
PNA Azopardo, from the
Argentine Naval Prefecture.[14]
1995
According to British reports, the Argentine corvette
ARA Granville harassed seven trawlers around Falklands waters and illuminated
RFA Diligence with her radar.[15]
5 February 2000
The Argentine corvette
ARA Spiro shelled and captured the Taiwanese trawler Hou Chun 101 off
San Jorge Gulf.[16]
12 June 2002
The Argentine Naval Prefecture's patrol boat
PNA Thompson shelled and damaged the Russian squid trawler Odoyevsk off Puerto Madryn.[17][18][19]
11 February 2004
The Argentine corvette
ARA Drummond shelled and sunk the Taiwanese trawler Jim Chin Tsai off Comodoro Rivadavia.[20]
15 March 2004
The icebreaker
ARA Almirante Irízar entered a maritime area designated as conservation zones under the jurisdiction of the
Falkland Islands and issued demands for other ships to identify themselves.[21]
20 February 2006
The British squid trawler John Cheek was seized by the patrol boat
PNA Prefecto Fique from the Argentine Naval Prefecture.[14][22]
14 March 2016
The Argentine patrol vessel
PNA Prefecto Derbes shelled and sunk the illegal Chinese fishing trawler Lu Yan Yuan Yu 010 after the ship refused to obey in a 4-hour pursuit and attempted to ram the patrol vessel, all 32 crew members were rescued.[23]
This is a list of hostile incidents at the Argentine border. This timeline does not include events from the 1982
Falklands War, nor the 1978 peak of the
Beagle crisis with Chile.
It should be note that Argentina's use of force against Chile and the United Kingdom has been the exception rather than the rule, and some of the hostile acts or armed incidents appear to have been caused by zealous local commanders, and not as the result of a widespread strategy.[1]
Most of the naval incidents involve
illegal fishing boats predating squids and fish species outside exploitation seasons and allowed seizing by the Argentine law in Argentine Exclusive Economic Zone waters.[2]
A group of 18 Argentine nationalist militants
hijacked a civilian Aerolineas Argentinas aircraft whilst flying over
Puerto Santa Cruz and forced the captain at gunpoint to land in the
Falkland Islands, where they took several civilians hostage. The crisis was resolved 36 hours later when the hijackers agreed to release their hostages and return to Argentina for trial.[3]
The Argentine destroyer
ARA Santa Cruz found the Soviet trawlers Pavlovo and Golfstrim fishing in Argentine territorial waters. Pavlovo managed to slip away, but Golfstrim was hit by two 40 mm rounds fired by the destroyer and captured. The fishing vessel was escorted to
Mar del Plata, where she was released on 9 July after paying a $ 25,000 fine.[5][6][7]
The Argentine Navy shelled and captured the Soviet trawler Prokopyevsk and the Bulgarians Ofelia and Aurelia off
Puerto Madryn. Three Argentine seamen died from drowning and one Bulgarian sailor was wounded.[9][10]
19 October 1984
According to the Chilean Ministry of Defense, the
Argentine Army fired eight artillery rounds at a Chilean lighthouse at Punta Gusanos, near
Puerto Williams.[11][12]
The British trawler Pict, which had been part of the British Task Force in the Falklands War as an auxiliary minesweeper,[13] was captured by the patrol boat
PNA Azopardo, from the
Argentine Naval Prefecture.[14]
1995
According to British reports, the Argentine corvette
ARA Granville harassed seven trawlers around Falklands waters and illuminated
RFA Diligence with her radar.[15]
5 February 2000
The Argentine corvette
ARA Spiro shelled and captured the Taiwanese trawler Hou Chun 101 off
San Jorge Gulf.[16]
12 June 2002
The Argentine Naval Prefecture's patrol boat
PNA Thompson shelled and damaged the Russian squid trawler Odoyevsk off Puerto Madryn.[17][18][19]
11 February 2004
The Argentine corvette
ARA Drummond shelled and sunk the Taiwanese trawler Jim Chin Tsai off Comodoro Rivadavia.[20]
15 March 2004
The icebreaker
ARA Almirante Irízar entered a maritime area designated as conservation zones under the jurisdiction of the
Falkland Islands and issued demands for other ships to identify themselves.[21]
20 February 2006
The British squid trawler John Cheek was seized by the patrol boat
PNA Prefecto Fique from the Argentine Naval Prefecture.[14][22]
14 March 2016
The Argentine patrol vessel
PNA Prefecto Derbes shelled and sunk the illegal Chinese fishing trawler Lu Yan Yuan Yu 010 after the ship refused to obey in a 4-hour pursuit and attempted to ram the patrol vessel, all 32 crew members were rescued.[23]