Overview

• The provincial State Prosecutor filed a criminal complaint on August 8 alleging deliberate alteration of hydrological data by Mendoza’s General Irrigation Department.
• La Pampa’s analysis found continuous underreporting at La Angostura station since January 27, resulting in the disappearance of 60 hm³ of water from official records.
• The complaint identifies three senior officials—Sergio Marinelli, Rodrigo Villarreal and Rubén Villodas—as responsible for willful data manipulation.
• Inconsistencies emerged between Mendoza’s inflow figures and the National Official Hydrological Monitoring Network’s data from February and March onward.
• Mendoza’s irrigation authority rejected the accusations as politically motivated, saying revisions reflect provisional measurement updates rather than misconduct.