Overview

• In a 52‑second campaign video filmed in Lavalle, four dead quirquinchos (piches) appear on a table as José Luis Ramón greets residents.
• Fundación Cullunche denounced the imagery as an 'apology of the crime' and criticized a politician posing beside a species protected by law.
• Ramón said he did not eat the animals, argued the footage was misused, and framed the visit as highlighting hardships in Huarpes communities.
• Mendoza’s provincial rules and Argentina’s national Law 22.421 prohibit hunting, possession and consumption of quirquinchos, with fines that can approach one million pesos per specimen.
• No formal legal action against Ramón is reported as advocacy groups say they will file denunciations and press him to support declaring the species a natural monument.