(Ed.'s Note: We have filed a Freedom Of Information Act to find out the number and identity of the 22 adults who were on a European tour and who returned to Cameron County (Rancho Viejo), Brownsville and and Matamoros after having come in contact and some infected with COVID-19 before they left Barcelona, Spain. It has been a muddled scene trying to discern truth from speculation. However, enough information has filtered through so we can now correct some misconceptions and clarify past posts.)
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In the post concerning FINSA memo stating that the son of the director, Sergio Arguelles Gonzalez had tested positive for COVID-19, we are told that the name of the son is Bernardo De La Garza.
However, the patriarch Arguelles is said to be his uncle, not his father. The older Arguelles is said to have caught the virus on the family's annual ski trip to Colorado while De la Garza was with the group who traveled to Spain and Ireland. He reportedly came the back door way. He couldn’t board the American Airlines flight with the rest of the group due to fever.
Source said that both De la Garza and uncle Arguelles both tested positive, but they they were in different trips. De la Garza was in Europe.
Arguelles tested positive on the 13th after his nephew had already arrived here so he couldn't have gotten it from him. He allegedly got infected on the family's annual ski trip to Colorado. It's unclear how many of the family were on the Colorado trip. They took flights here, too. Colorado ski cities have been hot spots for COVID-19.
A sister ( Emi ?) decided to stay in Colorados because she knew better because she is in the medical field.
Ricardo Adobbati, Jr., who flew in from Barcelona, Spain, with the group reportedly did test positive and is reported to be in home quarantine. We don't know how many stops they had before getting here. He also lives in Rancho Viejo. A 20-year-old with the last name of Parra (Karina?) from there was the woman who was said to have tested positive.
Ricardo Adobbati, Jr., who flew in from Barcelona, Spain, with the group reportedly did test positive and is reported to be in home quarantine. We don't know how many stops they had before getting here. He also lives in Rancho Viejo. A 20-year-old with the last name of Parra (Karina?) from there was the woman who was said to have tested positive.
And a man named Jose (Kauchi), aslo from Rancho Viejo, is said to be one of he four from that town who tested positive as well.
In their defense, not all of them showed the symptoms of the disease when they arrived in Brownsville. However, they and their families knew of the exposure. Once the word got out on social media, they were put into quarantine.
Why didn't they alert health authorities and those around them about their potential to transmit the COVID-19 as soon as they arrived?