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Gema Peñalosa Madrid

Madrid

Updated Tuesday, March 19, 2024-01:40

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The families of the soldiers who drowned in Cerro Muriano in an exercise directed and supervised by Captain

Ignacio Zúñiga

do not take their attention away from the soldier.

Through their lawyers, they have asked the Military Court of Seville and the Ministry of Defense to investigate the current situation of the person responsible for the exercise within the base.

They want it to be verified whether the captain who directed the deadly maneuver is removed from service as ordered by Margarita Robles' ministry or continues to carry out functions that he performed before.

In a document to which EL MUNDO

has had access

, the lawyer

Francisco Pérez Romero

expresses his doubts about whether the Army is complying with Defense orders because, according to his writing, Zúñiga could be directing maneuvers in which direct witnesses of the event participate. and participating in the day-to-day life of the military base.

According to reports, the captain participates every morning, in uniform, in the raising of the flag.

«As this part is aware that the colonel in chief of the Regiment consents to the participation of Captain Zúñiga in the daily formations, we are interested in initiating an investigation against the aforementioned colonel in chief of the Regiment, since, having knowledge of the unfortunate events that occurred in the Cerro Muriano Base, and being aware that the captain, lieutenant and sergeant could be presumed responsible for illegal acts, he consents to the participation of the accused, or at least the captain, in the daily training (uniform).”

Civil guards in charge of the investigation, at the place where the two soldiers drowned.EL MUNDO

As proof of his concern, the lawyer provides a screenshot of a WhatsApp group that reflects the indignation of many soldiers.

The group talks about an event that same morning in the central courtyard of the base in which they located the captain.

"You look at the regiment and observe that Captain Zúñiga is preparing to form and you think it is a practical joke in very bad taste," begins the text written by one of the participants in the WhatsApp group named

Ciudadan@s de uniform

.

He then adds: «A bad feeling begins to tell you that what you are going to feel in this formation will be a scandalous military farce, you look again and see that it is really him (...) what the hell is the murderer doing here? ».



In addition, the Cerro Muriano Base acknowledged to the judge through a written statement that no commander supervised the deadly maneuver and that Zúñiga's two superiors were not there because they had finished their commission of service.

"At the time of the exercise, no one was assigned to the Regiment," he answers the magistrate.

They also acknowledge that there were no regulations to regulate the exercise and that Zúñiga changed the day of the maneuver.

It was going to be carried out on the 22nd but he decided to do it on the 21st, which shows, according to the document, that the captain decided on the exercise and did not report it to the base.

The Ministry of Defense, for its part, assured that Captain Zúñiga has been removed from his duties since the day the deaths occurred and that he only carries out "administrative tasks."