2024-05-07 17:36:16
Franco Vargas‘ family accused negligence on the part of the military institution, while the Army began an administrative summary to investigate the circumstances of his death.
The Comptroller General of the Republic and the National Institute of Human Rights (INDH) They commissioned the Army to deliver a detailed report regarding events that affected soldiers of the Motorized Brigade No. 24 Huamachuco de Putre, dependent on the VI Division of said entity, which It left one person dead and another 45 conscripts affected by a respiratory virus.
For its part, The family of conscript Franco Vargas accused negligence on the part of the military institution, while the Army began an administrative summary to investigate the circumstances of his death.
Regarding the 45 sick soldiers, in the middle of the training march from the Pacollo Training Camp to the Military Barracks, Four of them are hospitalized in serious condition at the Juan Noé Hospital in Arica and two others were transferred to the Military Hospital in Santiago.
Given this, the INDH asked the Army “to know what measures had been taken to avoid frostbite and the possible occurrence of respiratory conditions.”taking into account that the military exercise in question would have been carried out in the highlands, specifically in the commune of Putre, where the thermal oscillation is considerably high and that the low temperatures, during the night, are around 0 °Celsius”.
Miguel Peralta, regional head of the INDH, maintained that “We are especially concerned about this situation, so at this moment we are making requests for information to all the respective institutions, especially the Army, who has the greatest responsibility for the care and protection of these young conscripts. For now we are waiting for the investigation to find those responsible for this situation.”