US EditionColombia Loses Track of Three Soldiers Aboard a Raft Swept Away by a River Current.
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Claudia Vanegas shared a hard testimony after the death of her son Elián Beltrán, an officer who died during a Lancer Course exercise. Years ago she also lost another son who served in the military.
They were in survival training when suddenly one of their rafts capsized. Three soldiers of the Colombian army did not survive the accident.
Chicago Tribune
Santa Maria TimesAssociated Press BOGOTA (AP) — Colombian authorities were searching Monday for three soldiers who disappeared aboard a raft that was swept away by the current of the Magdalena River, one of the country's most powerful rivers, the army said. The soldiers reported missing were conducting a training exercise for the Lancers Course, which trains elite military personnel, on the Magdalena River in the department of Cundinamarca, in central Colombia. …
Defense Minister Pedro Sánchez expressed his regret this Tuesday over the death of three Army second lieutenants during military training on the Magdalena River and ordered "an exhaustive, disciplinary, and criminal investigation" to clarify the circumstances surrounding the accident that killed the officers. The deceased officers, identified as Jhonatan Cortés Salamanca, Nicolás Chaparro Guillén, and Elián Sebastián Beltrán Vanegas, were partic…
The lieutenants were performing the Lanceros Course together with eight other companions.
The authorities found the bodies of three army lieutenants who had disappeared during an exercise in the Magdalena River. Authorities found the bodies of three army lieutenants who had disappeared on Monday during a military training exercise in the Magdalena River, in the department of Cundinamarca. The deceased were identified as Jhonatan Cortés Salamanca, Nicolás Chaparro Guillén and Elián Sebastián Beltrán Vanegas, students of the 513 Lancer…
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