The death of two soldiers during maneuvers in Cerro Muriano (Córdoba) after trying to cross a lake, in uniform and weighing 12 kilos, continues to be fully investigated. In the last few hours, the lawyer of one of the victims has denounced a series of irregularities on the part of the hand chain, which led to the fatal outcome. One of them, the alleged punishment in the form of ballast and a three kilo mine added to her backpack.
In this regard, the weekly events program Code 10, presented by Nacho Abad and David Aleman on Cuatro, not only discussed the issue with experts, but the latter also verified firsthand how the victims may have felt. Such was the effort on the part of the presenter, that he finished the test completely out of breath and “shocked” when he stood in the foot of the soldiers.
The Brigade of Guzmán el Bueno This incident, according to one of the lawyers of the deceased victims, could have been triggered due to punishment in the form of a burden.
This would have led to the drowning of soldier Carlos León and, therefore, that of his companion Miguel Ángel Jiménez, who jumped into the water to try to save him. In addition, a series of irregularities are also pointed out on the part of the hand chain, which would not have carried out the correct protocol during the execution of said instruction exercise.
To try to demonstrate how this incident occurred, the program Code 10 sent one of its presenters, David Aleman, to a swimming pool. There he dressed in a military uniform similar to the one the victims were wearing on the day of the arrests, in addition to carrying the twelve kilos of weight, including ballast. That is, the 3.5 kilo inert mine, which could be due to an alleged punishment.
Once in the water, Aleman tried to stay afloat and swim from one edge of the pool to the other (it was only twelve meters) without swallowing water, something completely impossible. In the images, we could see the presenter making a “titanic” effort, as he himself described. In fact, we could also see him diving to the bottom fighting to return to the surface.
When he finally made it to shore, Aleman was short of breath and could barely speak. In fact, he wanted to remember that if stopping had been difficult for him, what the soldiers experienced that December morning was much worse because they were at two degrees of temperature. “I'm full of water, my boots,” he assured to the astonishment of his partner Nacho Abad, who was observing the scene from the set.
Regarding the famous “life line” that existed during the maneuvers, which was actually a “guide line,” Aleman commented that, according to the way it was arranged, it did not help at all. “It's worthless,” he said, “very tired.” And, finally, he wanted to emphasize how he felt: “It is a terrible experience.”
