Hi All,
I am in urgent need of some help. I was travelling in South America with my girlfriend on a BMW bike and unfortunately had an accident on the border with Argentina and Chile near Vila Angostura. I broke my leg and had to return to Sao Paulo, Brasil for surgery - the bike is also Brazilian. The accident was in August and we had to re-enter the bike into Argentina on the day of the accident as we had technically left Argentina.
Since then, we have had huge problems trying to find a company that will bring the bike back to Brasil - the bike is in Buenos Aires where it has remained for months. The latest we have heard is that the Argentinean authorities need to see our original entry papers into Argentina when we crossed from Uruguay on the BuqueBus ferry - unfortunately we were not given such papers.
I have been told that without these papers the Argentinean authorities can keep the bike and treat it as their asset if I try to bring it back across the border to Brasil so I am now faced with an absurd situation of losing the bike I legally own. This does not seem to make sense given that everything was in order when we left Argentina and crossed into Chile immediately before the accident - one complication is that we never actually made it to the Chilean border but were in an area between the Argentinean and Chilean border - no mans land it seems.
Can anyone suggest any contacts in Argentina that could help me with this situation - whether agents or lawyers or transportation companies - anyone at all who can help.
many thanks in advance
James