“I would put them in prison,” warned a Santa Cruz official as the luxury Ferrari convoy arrived.

Accidents were left on National Road 40 and 59 out of 60 Ferraris Participate in the Cavalcade 2025 adventure They arrived in Calafate. Further north, in Neuquén, authorities were forced to suspend the event due to repeated traffic violations and fearful maneuvers by the drivers of those luxury cars on the Seven Lakes Road, as well as the confusion and subsequent overturn of a purosangyo vehicle on National Road 237 that was traveling at more than 200 kilometers per hour.

After a day of deliberation by Rio Negro authorities, the caravan continued heading south In Santa Cruz, an official greeted the drivers With spiked hats: “Really unacceptable, shameful… I would put them in prison“.

The Ferrari cars arrived this Thursday in the province of Santa Cruz, and the agent of the Regional Road Safety Agency in that province said, Maria Sanz, Sent to Cavalcade Adventure participants: “What happened in Neuquén and what has spread so widely is truly unacceptable; it’s a shame. “By chance, they didn’t kill anyone.”

“This means driving with impunity saying ‘I do what I want’ at 200 km/h per hour. “I would have imprisoned them and disqualified them for life.”Sanz confirmed in an interview with the radio LU12 From Rio Gallegos.

He also warned about the government agency in which he serves He will envelop the convoy and monitor it This is in cooperation with the road police.

On Tuesday morning, the ‘parade’ began, after arduous preparations and international logistics, but within a few hours the 2025 Ferrari Cavalcade Adventure was already causing problems in Patagonia. It was scheduled for that day 60 luxury cars, the vast majority of them imported and with foreign owners, depart from Barilochein the Río Negro, towards San Martín de los Andes, in Neuquén, along the national road 40, which between these two cities forms the Camino de los Siete Lagos.

Some of those cars drove down the road at a very high speed, and some of them did too Passing in the oncoming lane at a speed exceeding 200 kilometers per hour. Neuquén authorities decided to repeatedly warn drivers about the importance of respecting road rules, although the response was ignored. They decided then Suspension of activity When the caravan was near Villa La Angostura.

And in the middle A Ferrari borosangui The color is white, with the pilot and co-pilot Americans New Jersey patent, deviated With three other cars, the convoy set off towards National Road 237 at a speed of 200 km/h. At this speed, he lost his way. It flipped over and hit a tree.

The two men, aged 66 and 68, were transferred with serious injuries to a sanatorium in Bariloche, but They retired due to voluntary redundancyto. The convoy of cars also headed there once the event was suspended by Neuquén authorities.

Rio Negro authorities deliberated on Wednesday on how to continue the Cavalcade Adventure route, whose final destination will be Ushuaia, in Tierra del Fuego, although to get there they will have to pass through the territory of two other provinces, Chubut and Santa Cruz. This was scheduled for Thursday, in the initial itinerary, Visit by car to Perito Moreno Glacier, In Calafate.

They arrived in that city on Thursday, indeed, although they did not receive the best welcome from the authorities. Which was not planned, since the same national tourism minister, Daniele Cioli, gave permission for the event, organized by the Italian company Canossa Events, to arrive in the country. “It positions Argentina as an attractive destination for luxury tourism” and encourages “investments through the participation of global leaders in the fields of business and tourism,” Cioli wrote in August.

In her criticism of the position of the show participants, who paid $98,000 to register, Sanz’s Undersecretary provided details: The cars were not driven to El Calafate by their drivers, but were transported in kicks.Which will only be unloaded so that the owners can travel from the Perito Moreno Glacier to their hotel in the city.

The cars were transported to Calafate in rafts and the participants were transported in transfers. The cars will spend Thursday night as planned in a space guaranteed by the municipality.

There too The operation is scheduled for Friday. The cars will leave El Calafate for Tierra del Fuego, but will not enter the capital Santa Cruz, Río Gallegos, but will drive along National Route 40 to the outskirts of the capital, which will travel via National Route 3. Then along National Route 53, towards Chimin Iqui. Always, according to Undersecretary Sanz, The convoy will be guarded To avoid improper maneuvers.

“You have already been warned that in the event of a traffic violation, the vehicle will be impounded. We are required to provide the necessary resources for this Car event with psychopaths behind the wheel“In such a case, the court competent for the place where the violation was committed will determine the steps to be followed to implement these measures,” added Sanz.

He concluded: “It is so It’s unfortunate because it’s not about the brand (Ferrari), it’s about who drives it. And those who lead them are adults Seniors with many resources economic that I don’t know what they believe…that it gives them eternal life“.