UME head Javier Marcos defends himself with images from DANA day: “Arriesgando vidas, nos anticipamos a las ordenes oficiales”

UME head Javier Marcos defends himself with images from DANA day: “Arriesgando vidas, nos anticipamos a las ordenes oficiales”

UME head Javier Marcos defends himself with images from DANA day: “Arriesgando vidas, nos anticipamos a las ordenes oficiales”

Javier Marcos, Commander-in-Chief of the Unidad Militar de Emergencias (UME), ha defended This Saturday, the day of the disaster, the performance of the staff on October 29. CalfEnsuring that they begin to be located in the province of Valencia 15.41 hours“hours antes de recibir ordénes oficiales”, cuando vieron que “la situación se estaba poniedo frankamente difícil”.

“Dicen que la verdad padece, pero no perece”, ha announced the general at the beginning of his intervention in the rueda de prensa. Marcos wanted to show a series of unpublished pictures of the day of the tragedy. se ponía en tela de juicio la agilidad y la rapide De las Fuerzas Armadas, en este caso de la Unidad Militar de Emergencias, even my confirmations ponía en duda en primero momento there is a UME había there”.

El jefe de la UME ha querido “contrastar” basic information and declarations “contrastar” The reality of some images que confirman lo que la ministra les ha dicho en muchas ocasions, y lo que yo les he dicho en varias ocasions, sobran las palabras”, he noted.

Then Marcos spoke a series of images “from a partir de las dos de la tarde” del día de la mortífera DANA. “Even though we knew earlier that the situation was getting worse, at the end of the day we learned that the Community of Valencia had decided on the operational situation.

In this sense, Javier Marcos detailed himself primary means de la UME salíó de la base de Bétera “15.41 hours” y que tardó casi dos horas en llegar a Chiva. At that time, he showed some footage recorded from one of those cars 18.05 and A-3a la altura de esas localidad valenciana.

“Son vehicules de la UME que se encuentra lo que se encuentra, que en la corporation a Utiel-Requena, que es el destino que tienen, awaiting official orders from us, Farewell Arriesgandowe saved the trapped people. Son imágenes reales”, said the head of UME.

“It will be effective after 18.05 llevaban horas rescatando gente“, Ha incidido Marcos noted during the emission of pictures, en las que se aprecise la autovía, completamente anegada. “Son testimonios de la UME que lo grabaron a propia initiative”, he added.

Photo of vehicles damaged by flood on A-3 in Chiwa Heights last October 29.
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Other images show completely damaged and flooded cars on the A-3 highway. “Pasamos por esos coches comprobando que no había nadie, o bien que si estaban, podíamos sacarles, y les sacamos a todos. This can select the largest valency. Ya íbamos más que paraparados, con lanchas, para acudir a la gente”, defended the general.

The head of the UME shows the interventions carried out on A-3, Chiva Heights, on DANA day.
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Según ha detailed, de Bétera salieron un total de 96 militaryrecibiendo del CECOPI.

Marcos went on to show some of the actions of the UME members”anonymous heroes que no merecen las informationaciones que se están vertiendo”. El jefe de la Unidad ha defended que sus efectivos “Arriesgaron shut up“. There are sectors of the population for latecomers, y sí estábamos, fíjense en cuántos, dónde y haciendo qué”, ha zanjado Marcos, pointing to the screen showing the rescue footage.

Similarly, Marcos also gave a concert The “real pulse” of the situation in Valencia “Mantenemos los los 8,500 militares” on the ground this sabado, ha, pointed to the head of the UME, who said that at the moment there are reliefs in different units, a total of 10,000 military intervened in this emergency zone.

You can have more than 2,000 with an average of 2,000, which includes helicopters, special drones, vehicles for intervention, access to other areas.