Aymara community members rescue several soldiers
At least two soldiers drowned this Sunday in the icy waters of the Ilave River, Puno, after being pressured by their superiors to cross it, despite the fact that some of the soldiers did not know how to swim.
One of the soldiers being helped by the community members
Seeing the situation from the hills, the Aymara community members ran to help them and saved several, however at least two perished, he points out. The Republic.
The community members immediately attended to the rescued, providing them with dry clothes that some of them took off, to prevent them from aggravating their condition. They also gave them food.
The rescued told the newspaper that they were forced to cross the river under pressure from a captain.
The seriousness of these events is that seeing that they were drowning, the military did not go to rescue them, it was the community members who helped them.
The community members pointed out that today they asked the military to withdraw from the occupied communities, without thinking that a foolish captain would unleash the tragedy.
Local media indicate that one of the rescued soldiers, who was taken to a hospital, is hospitalized and his condition is reserved. In addition, they report that five of the soldiers disappeared.