Another soldier who had been injured during fighting in Arauca died

The command of the Eighteenth Brigade, of the Eighth Division of the National Army, announced that another of the three soldiers who had been wounded in the fighting died registered against an organized armed group on December 26 in the general area of ​​the La Esmeralda village, in Puerto Rondón, in Arauca.

According to the military institution, It was the uniformed Sebastián Niño Jiménez, who remained until this Saturday, December 28, in the ICU of the Oriente Regional Hospital, in Yopal, Casanare, where he finally died from his injuries.

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“The professional soldier Sebastián Niño Jiménez was one of the wounded and remained in the Intensive Care Unit, with a reserved prognosis, at the Oriente Regional Hospital, in Yopal, Casanare. HoweverDue to the severity of his injuries, we regret to inform that he died this afternoon. The soldier was a native of Yopal, Casanare, and had been serving the institution for 7 years,” the Army said.

In that same fight The professional soldier Keyler Alonso Ruiz was murdered on the same day.Hernandeza native of the municipality of Curumaní, Cesar, and who had been serving the institution for 13 years.

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The organic professional soldiers belonged to the Land Operations Battalion No. 29, of the Eighteenth Brigade of the National Army.

“The National Army deeply regrets the death of our brave soldier, who offered his life in compliance with the constitutional mission, so we reiterate our deepest condolences to his family and loved ones at this difficult time,” added the military garrison.

The Army said that this Command advances the respective processes to provide support to families, both the murdered soldier and the two soldiers who still remain injured in the same hospital.

⁠It was warned that the National Army, through the Eighteenth Brigadewill continue to carry out military operations in compliance with the constitutional mission, to provide security to the population in the department of Arauca.