He head of the Unified Command of Pataz, Brigadier General EP Marco Marín Saldañawho directed operations against illegal gold mining in La Libertad, He lost his life when the helicopter he was traveling in collided with a metal security meshupon landing at the Patacino Chagual airfield.
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Due to the impact of the tail of the aircraft, metal pieces were thrown out and crossed the back of the machine, injuring one of General Marín’s lungs, which caused his death.
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On Saturday, October 11, General Marín, who in June was appointed commander of CUPAZ, celebrated his 51st birthday, as well as the results of the management that the Dina Boluarte government entrusted to him.
According to reports from the CCFFAA, under the command of General Marco Marín, as of October 19, the CUPAZ had achieved the intervention of 75 mineheads, 24 sinkholes and 52 camps, as a result of 33 operations.
Aircraft. In the rear fuselage of the Mi-17 EP 656 you can see the holes from the impact of metal splinters. Photo: diffusion
61 people involved with criminal organizations were also arrested and 72 firearms were seized, from carbines to submachine guns.
“General Marco Marín was carrying out an administrative mission in the company of the Inspector General of the Ministry of Defense (Walter Bracamonte Merino) along with a delegation of 12 people,” said military sources with knowledge of the unfortunate incident.
“The pilot was carrying out the landing procedure on the Chagual runway (located 59 minutes or 22.6 kilometers from Pataz), when when descending the tail rotor hit a wire fence or fence, which caused metal splinters to shoot everywhere, especially in the rear area of the aircraft,” military sources explained.
Collision. The helicopter’s tail rotor collided with the security mesh at the Chagual airfield in Pataz. Photo: diffusion
The accident helicopter is a Russian-made Mi-17 with registration EP 656.
“The Splinters passed through the fuselage of the helicopter and the general’s right lung.causing intense bleeding. He was immediately transferred to the town of Vijus, in the same district of Pataz, but he died on the way,” said the sources consulted.
On October 16, 2022, then-president Pedro Castillo promoted Colonel Marco Marín to the rank of brigadier general and on December 29 of the same year he was appointed inspector of the IV Army Division, Pichari (VRAEM). When he held this position, he was commissioned to investigate those responsible for the murder of 10 protesters in Ayacucho, carried out on December 15, 2022. He concluded that all Army soldiers were innocent.
On October 3, 2023, surprisingly, former President Dina Boluarte, implicated in the same events, appointed Marco Marín as military attaché in Washington. Upon returning in 2024, he completed his mission as Deputy Head of the military house of former President Boluarte.
