May 11, 2023, 10:50 PM
May 11, 2023, 10:50 PM
This Thursday a group of relatives of the cadets -who were injured during a demonstration of the Military College- they asked for justice for them, as well as continue their military career. They demanded that they be promoted along with their classmates.
At the demonstration held in La Paz, mothers and grandmothers indicated that, if necessary, they will carry their children and grandchildren, as long as they are promoted.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defense announced that it paid Bs 335,000 to the South Clinic for medical attention to cadets Christian Alexander López V. and Erland Ángel Condori C, who suffered the accident in the “combative efficiency” test. They fell from a considerable height when they performed the rope descent demonstration on April 18, better known as the ‘leap of death’.
An institutional bulletin indicates that it is the first installment.
“Some determinations have been reached, through resolutions, taking care of the legality and reviewing the regulations, so as not to cause any harm to young people and they can graduate with your promotion. At this time, the cadets remain in the clinic and will be promoted to lieutenant“, reported the Vice Minister of Defense and Cooperation for Integral Development, Augusto García, according to an institutional report.
The authority confirmed that both cadets will be able to continue their military career; but the possibility of their admission to the Military School of Engineering (EMI) is also analyzed, if necessary.
For his part, the Army Commander General, Juan José Zúñiga, visited the cadets at the clinic where they are hospitalized. He indicated to Erbol that his evolution is good and that every day a military officer visits the youth. “We have faith and the desire that they recover soon”he added.
Zúñiga explained to EL DEBER that the cadets will graduate this year, in Decemberalong with his classmates. And soopen the admission to EMI, He pointed out that they can do it directly and in the career they want, in the city they choose, that is: Cochabamba, La Paz, Santa Cruz, Riberalta or Chapare.
All this was discussed with the relatives of the young people, who, according to Zúñiga, They accepted and are calm.
Regarding economic contributions, he stated that this Friday they will make a new disbursement of Bs 350 thousand to the clinic where the cadets remain hospitalized, with which the amount disbursed will exceed Bs 440 thousand.
ABI realizes that, due to this fact, the military justice determined sanction disciplinary action against six uniformedincluding the former commander of the Military College, Colonel Edward A.
According to the Final Informative Summary Order, the ex-commander of the Military College incurred in a “professional misconduct” as established by the analysis of the events that occurred during the execution of the so-called Spider Plan.
In addition, two of the instructors, Lieutenant Juan JP and Captain Manfred Á. H., They are being held in preventive custody at the San Pedro prison.accused of very serious injuries.
both military were disciplinary sanctionedalso accused of “professional misconduct”, after violating articles of the Organic Law of the Armed Forces.
Another of those sanctioned was Lieutenant Colonel Sergio HR, who is accused of “direct manager” of the staff that commands in the instruction.
