They sent letters to Britain’s ambassador in Buenos Aires, John Freeman and Argentinian foreign minister Héctor Timerman, demanding an inquiry into the incidents including smashing of the glass protecting a statue of the Virgin Mary in the cemetery.
“We believe this reflects escalating hostility by certain British sectors who are influential locally. We will not let up until this repugnant act of sacrilege is clarified,” the families said.
The graveyard is home to bodies of 237 Argentineans who were killed in the Argentina-Britain war on the South Atlantic islands.
The two sides engaged in a military conflict over the sovereignty of the archipelago back in 1982.
Britain illegally occupied the Malvinas in the 19th century and now claims sovereignty over the islands.
London now bases its claim on the sovereignty of the archipelago on the argument that most islanders want to remain British subjects.
London is set to hold a referendum on the issue next year, yet observers question the validity of any vote for Britain in the plebiscite as about 70 percent of current residents of the islands are descendents of the former illegal British occupiers of the territory.
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