The mortal remains of Corporal Billye Germán Palacios, died on Monday during NATO maneuvers in PolandThey are already in Spainafter an Army plane has taken him to Spain from Warsaw.
The corporal’s body landed at the Torrejón de Ardoz air base after 10:30 p.m. On the journey, carried out on a plane from the 45th Air Force Group of the Air and Space Army sent to Poland by the Ministry of Defense, The mortal remains have been accompanied by a commission from the Group of Regulars 54 of the General Command of Ceuta, to which he belonged.
This Thursday, at 1:00 p.m., an event will take place. funeral honors at the general Cavalcanti basein Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid) and which will be chaired by the general and chief of staff of the Army, Amador Enseñat y Berea, the Ministry of Defense has reported.
The corporal died at the Polish Bemowo Piskie training ground during practical live-fire exercises. Specificparticipated in the exercise ‘Saber Strike’integrated into the ‘Steadfast Defender 24’ maneuver, in which several allied countries participated.
The territorial military court number 11 of Madrid is in charge of investigate the circumstances in which his death occurred, which took place during a mortar shooting exercise.
According to sources from the military associations, it will be in their hands to analyze If it died it was because the material was expired or in poor condition or due to negligence in handling.
The Minister of Defense wanted to support the family and colleagues of the soldier who died in Poland, in these difficult times.
The BGPA coffin has arrived in Torrejón de Ardoz, where soldiers from the Regular group have shown their respects and condolences. pic.twitter.com/Eeardsd2kd— Ministry of Defense (@Defensagob) April 24, 2024
