THE CAPTAIN of a Cordoba-based military unit that noticed two males die throughout an train on Thursday has been relieved of his command whereas a decide investigates the circumstances that led to the tragedy.
The captain is from the La Reina Regiment, a part of the Guzman el Bueno X Brigade primarily based at Cerro Muriano and was in command of round 60 troopers.
No additional particulars have been given however sources informed the El Mundo newspaper that he had not been arrested and that eradicating him from his place would solely have been taken if there have been indications that one thing had not been carried out accurately.
Autopsies carried out on the our bodies of the 2 troopers confirmed drowning as the reason for loss of life after the captain ordered an early morning train to be carried out in a reservoir which varieties a part of military land.
Temperatures had been round 4 levels and several other troopers carrying gear went into the ice-cold water which was filled with mud.
Two of them went lacking at round 6.00am and 4 others needed to be handled for hypothermia in hospital.
Guardia Civil divers and fireplace crews had been amongst the emergency companies referred to as to seek for the lads.
Divers firstly recovered the physique of Corporal Miguel Angel Jimenez Andujar, 34, who was married and got here from Villafranca de Cordoba.
He participated in missions in Latvia and Lebanon and had been awarded two navy advantage crosses.
He enlisted in 2011 and was assigned to the Infantry Regiment ‘La Reina’ 2, the place he remained after being promoted to corporal in 2019.
The opposite deceased soldier was Carlos Leon Rico, 24, who was single and from Viso del Alcor in Sevilla province, who solely joined the military on Could 8.
The Authorities delegate in Andalusia, Pedro Fernandez, handed on his condolences on Friday to the lads’s households and colleagues ‘on behalf of the Authorities of Spain’.
“It was an unlucky occasion that’s being investigated and the Guardia Civil are carried out interviews”, he added.
