2024-05-03 06:26:27
A tragedy hits the country with the unfortunate news of the death of nine soldiers in an Army MI-17 helicopter accident in the department of Bolívar. As confirmed by official sources, the incident occurred this Monday.
The Colombian president, Gustavo Petro, expressed his pain over the loss of the nine members of the flight in a message spread through a social network. «I mourn the death of the nine members of the army helicopter flight that crashed to the ground and that it was supplying troops to the south of Bolívar in operations against the Gulf Clan,” said the president.
The tragic event took place around 3:20 pm when the aircraft crashed to the ground, claiming the lives of the nine soldiers who were on board the helicopter. This had as its final destination the base of the Mars Task Force Troops of the Seventh Brigade of the National Army.
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The identities of the brave soldiers who lost their lives in this fatal accident are the following:
Lieutenant Colonel Jesús David Rangel Colonel.
Major Edward Andrey Espinosa Rodríguez.
Deputy First Sergeant Diego Bahamón Ramírez.
Second Sergeant Michael Villanueva Mancera.
First Corporal Cristian Ordoñez Caicedo.
Third Corporal Jhon Arlen Olea Palmera.
Professional soldier Sman Sanabria Guerro.
Professional soldier Jesús Montalvo Arroyo.
Professional soldier Yeisson Mendoza Méndez.
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