Sergeant of Army Rafael Gallart Martínez lost his life last June, in Cartagena, falling into the sea in a parachute jump exercise on the water, during a special operations course. The young man, 34 years old and a native of Hellín (Albacete), was rescued from the water alive, although he died on the Santa Lucía. Both his widow and his parents took the case to court. Now, the judge has pronounced.
The head of the Territorial Military Robe Court No. 14 considers that there indications of a crime against the effectiveness of the service resulting in death. The Military Penal Code punishes this with up to six months in prison.
In a car, notified this week, the military instructor Appointment as defendants to two soldiers, a captain and a brigade, for his alleged responsibility in the exercise that ended in tragedy. In theory, they had to ensure that everything went well.
Antonio Suárez-Valdés is clear that “there weren’t the right weather conditions”
In the judge’s opinion, there indications of negligence in terms of foresight, organization, direction and supervision of the development of the somersault.
“We consider that there has been serious negligence resulting in death & rdquor ;, they explained to LA OPINÓN, a newspaper belonging to the same editorial group as this medium, sources from the legal office of Antonio Suárez-Valdés, an expert in military jurisdiction, who represents Gallart’s widow. The woman was pregnant at the time of death and gave birth at the end of 2021. The parents of the sergeant, on the other hand, are represented by the lawyer Mariano Lopez Ruiz.
Through military criminal proceedings
The idea that the death was the consequence of negligence arises “when analyzing the circumstances in which it occurred the sinister & rdquor ;, detail the same sources. The firm will go “through military criminal proceedings against those responsible for the exercise & rdquor;. “We are already in person on that route & rdquor ;, they remark.
However, understanding that among the alleged perpetrators “there are qualified personnel with employment higher than captain, we have requested that the proceedings be referred to the central military togado court in Madrid & rdquor ;.
About how many people will finally be accused, the cabinet professionals point out that it is still “complicated to determine”, although they estimate that, in these exercises, “there are usually a planning officer, with which there would be no major problem, because the exercise does not have to be poorly planned; but there is also a responsible for executing the exercise, which should have been suspended, because the weather conditions were not right”.
In addition, the lawyers plan to accuse “the person responsible for the material & rdquor ;, since, as they say, “security mechanisms were not working of the parachutes & rdquor ;. In this sense, they emphasize that “these teams have a harness that has to be released when you play in the sea and, according to the news we have, both he and other colleagues had problems with the same thing, with the carabiners & rdquor ;. They also put the magnifying glass on the head of the Army rescue teams, which “were not well coordinated or assembled & rdquor ;, according to the lawyers.
The legionnaires arrived in Cartagena from the Andalusian town of Round, while the special operations course was organized by the school of Pony, in Huesca.
the tragic accident
The alarm went off when the Army was carrying out an exercise of the Special Operations course. Around 12:50 p.m., the Emergency Coordination Center received a call requesting an ambulance from the Army: two paratroopers from the Army had fallen into the sea in La Manga.
According to emergency sources, paratroopers were able to be rescued from the sea. One of them was transferred to Santa Lucía de Cartagena and the other did not need health care. On the other hand, Civil Protection, which had also been required to intervene, withdrew from the scene of the events after the Army explained that it was responsible for the rescue. Later, Navy sources reported that the device was deactivated and that there was an injured person admitted to the Santa Lucía hospital. Hours after that tragic June 10, the army sergeant Rafael Gallart Martinez passed away.