Deportivo Pasto players traveled to Colombia on a humanitarian flight after spending 11 days stranded in Arequipa

The squad of the Colombian club sports grass He traveled back to his country after being stranded for 11 days in Arequipa due to the impossibility of returning to Colombia due to the temporary closure of the Alfredo Rodríguez Ballón International Airport due to protests in the white city.

The Arequipa Zonal Headquarters of Migrations carried out this Thursday the immigration control of the exit of the players and coaching staff of the Colombian soccer team, who had been stranded since January 15 of this year.

The 36 members of the international club left the country on a humanitarian flight, from the La Joya air base, after coordination between Migration, the Foreign Ministry and the Colombian Embassy.

The Zonal Headquarters transferred a group of inspectors to the Immigration Control Post (PCM) at the Alfredo Rodríguez Ballón International Airport, which, after confirming the identity of the foreigners, allowed them to be transferred to the military base, located two hours from the city, for its subsequent takeoff.

Both the athletes and the immigration inspectors had strict security measures provided by the Peruvian National Police (PNP), which guaranteed the work of the servers as well as their physical integrity.

Deportivo Pasto arrived in Peru last Friday, January 13, to play friendly matches with FBC Melgar from Arequipa and Binacional from Juliaca and his return was scheduled six days later, however, it could not materialize due to the closure of the international airport.